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"Wir sind so allein, so unendlich klein, im endlosen All"
"Das hungrige meer hat mich fast umgebracht Ich - kämpfe mich durch die Flut, Ich - schmecke mein eignes Blut Land in Sicht, Du bist mein Land in Sicht, Ich kann dich sehn, Du bist mein Leuchtturmlicht"
"Nagelt die Vernunft in das Volk"
"So swallow your frown, my love; and follow me down, my love"
"Doch nur zum Schein, denn die Massen wollen betrogen sein."
"If there's a chance to heal these wounds in my hands, to fill this hole in my heart, to kill this hate in my soul; if there's a way you know I'd beg you to stay, you know I'm trying so hard, but now I'm down in this hole."
"Du bist das Blut, das meinen Hunger stillt, Du bist die Glut, die meine Venen füllt, Du bist die Flucht vor dieser kalten Welt, Du bist die Sucht, die mich am Leben hält."
"I'm going down, as you see, I can feel your hand reaching out for me"
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.