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"Nobody really inspired me to surf, Iāve always loved the ocean. The idea of āāsurfing was really a āwow thingā for me. I wish I had known about surfing when I was younger. Maybe Iāll get better. Now Iām not really good at it."
"Donāt be afraid. Just know the rules of surfing, know what to watch out for. Donāt be too cocky that you think you can do everything. Believe that Mother Nature is a lot stronger than you, you canāt fight her. You should know how to play on her playground."
"Just be strong, you can do it. And for me, āno day but today.ā If you want to learn to surf, do it today. Donāt put it off for tomorrow. Yes, it will be painful, there will be many injuries, many bruises, many reef cuts, many accidents that can happen, but I think thatās part of learning. Like with anything, it shouldnāt come easy."
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.