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"The Gonds have played a respectable role in the history of medieval India... they have witnessed great political vicissitudes of fortune, and have survived. They still enjoy a high degree of culture. Their religion is Hindu. Some even retain the sacred thread. Some of thew Gods like Thakur Deo, Dulha Deo and Burha Deo command respect among local Hindus, The most interesting thing shout they marriage customs is that they are similar to those prevalent among Koch and Bodo tribes of the Northeast."
"Gond is numerically the largest Scheduled Tribe of India covering a vast geography across several states in central India. They were once politically powerful and in the medieval period ruled over as many as four separate kingdoms. According to their legends, their ancestors were adopted and nurtured by Lord Shiva and Mother Parvati. They worship Hindu deities and celebrate all major Hindu festivals like Holi, Diwali, Dussehra, Rakhi and Sankranti."
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.