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"Reordering knowledge, narratives and representations from and about the African continent."
"How suitable is this model for the context we inhabit?"
"Especially as we are coming out of the post-colonial moment, a moment in which we were defining ourselves largely based on a western model."
"I’m interested in the way that art can transform societies."
"When I studied Russian history, I was mostly interested in the Russian Revolution, the revolutionary nature of Russian literatures and arts."
"I think we’re going through something similar here in Accra right now."
"In Accra, there are new manifestations of art and new communities in the process of formation."
"That dynamism and conversation is rapidly coming together to create a crucible, a catalyst for change, that mirrors our economic and political changes."
"It makes life harder in that you never get to rest."
"When you finish with one work, you immediately go to another."
"It’s hard to juggle three or four different things, and in a way, I wish I was a one activity type of person, because my mind and body are never at rest."
"At the same time, each realm somehow enriches the other and gives each more dimension."
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.