First Quote Added
April 10, 2026
Latest Quote Added
"After the Creation, the cruel god Moloch rebelled against the authority of Marduk the Creator. Moloch stole from Marduk the most powerful of all the artifacts of the gods, the Amulet of Yendor, and he hid it in the dark cavities of Gehennom, the Under World, where he now lurks, and bides his time."
"You fall into a pit! How pitiful. Isn't that the pits? You land on a set of sharp iron spikes! --More-- The spikes were poisoned! The poison was deadly... --More-- Do you want your possessions identified?""
"That is a potion bottle, not a Klein bottle!"
"That would be an interesting topological exercise."
"You fall down the stairs."
"Talking to yourself is a bad habit for a dungeoneer."
"You decide not to force the issue."
"You identify this as an identify scroll."
"The shrieker shrieks."
"The biggest obstacle in NetHack is perhaps your mind."
"You feel that eating the kitten was a bad idea."
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.