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"I don’t think it is ever difficult to stand up for what is right. I think that for a lot of people, it is difficult to make peace with the reactions of other people. Morally, we know what is right, but we are always consumed with the opinions of other people."
"That is a very good question! Miseducation does explore a lot of manipulation, and to some degree, yeah, that is the truth about humans. Humans are inherently selfish, and you are selfish towards your own gains and the gains of your interests, whether it is you personally, your circle, or your family"
"The one thing that you can do is maybe right the wrong when you have the opportunity to do it, but to be cancelled because someone did something before you just doesn’t make sense."
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.