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"I was born Jewish and used to believe in God but I've since read many books that have proven God is just a figment of my imagination. People like to believe in God 'cause it answers complicated questions, like where did the universe come from, do worms go to heaven and why do old ladies have blue hair. And even though I'm an atheist, I still wear my yarmulke as it keeps my brain warm."
"Anyway, do you like the word 'kumquat'?"
"The reason I forgive you is because you are not perfect. You are imperfect. And so am I. All humans are imperfect."
"Barry Humphries as the Narrator"
"Toni Collette as Mary Daisy Dinkle"
"Philip Seymour Hoffman as Max Jerry Horowitz"
"Eric Bana as Damian Popodopoulos"
"Renée Geyer as Vera Lorraine Dinkle"
"Ian "Molly" Meldrum as Homeless Man"
"Carolyn Shakespeare-Allen as additional voices"
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.