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"In diesem Sinne kann man solche Bücher wahrhaft erbaulich nennen, wie es der Roman, moralische Erzählung, Novelle und dergleichen nicht sein sollen: denn von ihnen als sittlichen Kunsterscheinungen verlangt man mit Recht eine innere Konsequenz, die, wir mögen durch noch so viel Labyrinthe durchgeführt werden, doch wieder hervortreten und das Ganze in sich selbst abschließen soll."
"Die Urform der Novelle ist die Anekdote."
"Denn was ist eine Novelle anders als eine sich ereignete unerhörte Begebenheit. Dies ist der eigentliche Begriff, und so vieles, was in Deutschland unter dem Titel Novelle geht, ist gar keine Novelle, sondern bloß Erzählung."
"An den Novellen des Cervantes [habe ich] einen wahren Schatz gefunden, sowohl der Unterhaltung als der Belehrung."
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.