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"The main mission of this National Artistic Ensemble is to use elements of Central African intangible cultural heritage in national artistic creations with a view to promoting Central African cultural identity."
"In short, some of our actions carried out in favor of the Artistic Ensemble have encountered difficulties, such as: absence of a budget line allocated to its operation."
"Through this press briefing, I would like to reassure you that I am standing and nothing can stand against my determination to serve the people through His Excellency the President of the Republic, Head of State. Married and mother of five children, outside of political life, I have the right to a family life. I will not allow anyone to defame my name as previously experienced."
"I now reserve the right to take legal action for any misconduct against my personality. We have served this department which has several challenges, and have left our positive traces on the sands of time. I am a politician at the head of a large association that supports the actions and vision of the President of the Republic, Head of State."
"Despite all these difficulties encountered, the Highest Authorities have always had a particular intention regarding the improvement of the working and living conditions of the latter. This is why efforts were made at the time allowing artists to benefit from multifaceted support from the Government during the organization of festivals as well as their participation in events on the international scene. Not to mention the promulgation of the law establishing Copyright and Neighboring Rights."
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.