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"Of course, priesthood has its difficulties: often the things that are tiresome and harassing are not things that are integral to priestly ministry but responsibilities that have grown up around it. But we mustn't let them distract us from the profound significance of what we do, or from going forward together, from living our priesthood to the full, and from engaging with the challenges and dilemmas that lie before us. It's not for us to be disheartened about God's purposes and God's future. What is more, we know all too well the pattern of God's work in the world is a pattern of dying and rising. There's nothing strange about trouble. Our life must be one that is lived in patience but in faith in the power of God. Let us celebrate this day and this Holy Week in confidence and peace, and as we follow in the footsteps of Christ, our High Priest, let the wisdom of the Cross be our source of life and hope."
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.