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"As we celebrate Women’s Month, let’s forget about the numbers that pressure women. Remember, you are worthy of love, no matter your insecurities."
"People's reaction when I performed Mandarin seemed louder, compared to the 'Say Something' performance, so I felt like, 'Oh my gosh, maybe my ranking is lower than rank six.' It's really unpredictable, huh."
"If ever I wasn’t given the opportunity to win X-Factor or even be given the opportunity to audition, I still see myself as an artist today."
"“The pressure of being a parent is really heavy on a mother. You’re not just carrying a child, you’re changing yourself. Even though you’ve given birth to a child, you are completely changed as a person — physically, spiritually, and mentally.”"
"I said earlier, I don't want to be a mother because I'm already under pressure."
"“It’s so heartwarming. They’re using our song to take the next step in their lives.”"
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.