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"âEncouraging someone to take part is really like giving them a gift for life. There are not many things where you can say, âIâm going to do that, I am going to do some good and Iâm going to get a medal for itâ.â"
"âI feel fit, I feel well, I feel fit, I feel wellâ"
"If what you start now becomes a daily habit, youâll still do it when youâre 70 or 80. The more you look after yourself and the fitter you are, the more choices you have when youâre older. Walking gives you confidence because you can feel your body get stronger."
"If youâre in a fog of depression, set yourself doable goals and build up from there. Head out at a time of day when your energy is highest."
"Reward yourself. If youâve completed a good walk, pat yourself on the back for getting out there."
"âFor some founders, it's very hard to evolve the charity, because as it gets bigger, they very much don't know how to do that. And so, I've always been really conscious that it's really important to evolve, to keep changing, to keep being relevant.""
"âEverything around us has changed, but the values hold strong. And I think that's really important. Whilst I'm not Bilbo Baggins, and I won't be here till I'm 111, I hope that those values will be the thing that holds the charity going forward, and that no matter what decisions are made, there will always be a check in back to: âWell is that the right thing for the charity?â'"
"I've always been conscious that the better you take care of the inside, the more you can do on the outside,"
"Everybody's got a starting point. It might be walking 500 yards down to the local shop, but I always say that if you can get yourself out three times a week, no matter how far you walk, you'll see the benefits."
"Walking gives confidence because you're feeling in control of your body."
"We've all been through stages in our life where we haven't been as active as we should, but walking is so attainable that you'll feel your confidence growing knowing you're doing something just for yourself."
"I love the beginning of the day because it's full of promise, and when you're up early it feels like you're part of something unique that no one else is seeing."
"The beauty of walking is that as long as you've got comfortable clothes, you can do it. That said, the most important thing is having shoes that are comfortable!"
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.