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"African youth are becoming more courageous, countries have changed parliaments, countries have changed presidents, countries have changed political parties that have been ruling for years and this is because of young people. I think that alone goes to show how much young people are courageous."
"Until young people are seated at the table, we will not see meaningful change."
"We can realize the Africa we envision. The Africa we want is within our hand because Africa is young."
"We gather here not just to celebrate but to remind ourselves of the great power that lives in the hearts of Batswana. It is built by young people who refuse to take the backseat. Their drive shows that solutions for global challenges can start right here in Botswana."
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.