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"We must all die. There's nothing terrible about death, but to live on after death, a soul earth-bound, a vampire. You don't wish any such fate for your beloved."
"[Referring to vampires] There is no more foul or relentless enemy of man in the occult world, than this dead-alive creature spewed up from the grave."
"Irena Borotyn: I felt her deadly cold breath on my throat. I must have fainted. I knew no more."
"Inspector Neumann: I know. We all thought our vampire scheme was so simple, so certain of success. We never thought we'd fail."
"Lionel Barrymore — Professor Zelen"
"Elizabeth Allan — Irena Borotyn"
"Bela Lugosi — Count Mora"
"Lionel Atwill — Inspector Neumann"
"Jean Hersholt — Baron Otto von Zinden"
"Henry Wadsworth — Fedor Vincente"
"Donald Meek — Dr. J. Doskil"
"Ivan F. Simpson — Jan"
"Carroll Borland — Luna"
"Leila Bennett — Maria"
"June Gittelson — Annie"
"Holmes Herbert — Sir Karell Borotyn"
"Michael Visaroff — Innkeeper"
"James Bradbury, Jr. — Third Vampire"
"Egon Brecher — Coroner"
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.