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"Growing up in the Sahel, I witnessed the land degradation caused by a changing climate, and saw how women and girls were disproportionately suffering the consequences"
"I quickly realized you cannot dissociate women and girls’ rights from climate change activism"
"Art—be it music, films or paintings—is a powerful tool to unite people and create global movements"
"I have used my music to support initiatives such as the Great Green Wall, and it has proved very effective"
"Keep going women and girls.Stand up for yourself.You have earned the right to own and to work,the right to be independent and make your own"
"You have the right to Education and the right to equality."
"Women and girls this is the time to seize your power"
"For me, use your voice. If you have a talent, you have a gift, you have a purpose and a ‘why’ - use it"
"It's a vehicle to share messages, it's a vehicle for change"
"Anybody can do something, anybody can take action. And every action is important"
"I believe in solution-driven projects. I believe in grassroots projects, I believe in people taking action. If you don't know anything about it there is internet today, you can find a community of people who are interested in the same topics"
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.