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"It was a very difficult time"
"We were responding to all of these issues at the same time, having to constantly adjust and be agile to try to mitigate the pandemic and make sure there was continuity of essential health care services."
"Having been in many leadership roles, I know that the ability to make positive change is related to how strong a leader is."
"Dealing with a lot of emergencies as well as a lot of strategic priorities, if I’d had this program while I was minister, I know I would have benefited from the continued support to drill down on fewer areas for more impact."
"Because there are different ways of doing things, and there’s a lot to be learned from developing countries. Instilling that principle is essential as we grow as a global community and work to make the world a better place for everyone, everywhere."
"Dr. Lia is passionate about strengthening and reforming health systems and has received several recognitions for her accomplishments in fighting the covid-19 pandemic, in advocacy for gender equity, access to quality health services and training."
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.