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"Sei mir gegrüßt mein Sauerkraut, holdselig sein deine Gerüche."
"Sei mir gegrüßt, mein Österreich, du herrlich blühender Gottesgarten, mit deinen Fluren Eden gleich, mit deiner Berge ewgen Warten."
""Lasst mich durch meines Liedes Klagen // Gruß allen Liebeskranken sagen! // Wer liebt in dieser Welt, muss leiden; // wer Qualen scheut, soll Liebe meiden. // Von weher Liebe"
"Ihr Mann ist tot und lässt Sie grüßen."
"Heil dir, Cäsar! Die Todgeweihten grüßen dich!"
"Ein Vogel saß einst auf dem Wall von Tûs, // Vor ihm der Schädel König Keykawûs // Und klagte immerfort: Afssûss, afssûss! // Wo bleibt der Glocken und der Pauken Gruß?"
"Die höre ich in der Kneipe zur Begrüßung: Nabendallerseits."
"Der letzte Trunk sei nun, mit ganzer Seele, // Als festlich hoher Gruß, dem Morgen zugebracht!"
"Des Lebens Pulse schlagen frisch lebendig, // Ätherische Dämmerung milde zu begrüßen; // Du, Erde, warst auch diese Nacht beständig // Und atmest neu erquickt zu meinen Füßen."
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.