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"I want you all to know that education is very important for the growth and development of our nation... When you are educated, you contribute to building a more peaceful and prosperous country."
"Before you carry the children to that school, you did not write to the commissioner, army man is not even aware that the children are to sleep there without security."
"When the first lady is calling you, come I want to help you find your missing children, will you keep quiet? Chai! There is God oh!"
"You must work hard and be disciplined to justify the investments made by your parents and guardians."
"So, my beloved children, I urge you all to shun social vices that will bring shame to your families and guardians."
"As mothers, we dedicate our time to building the family and bringing up our children to understand moral values and ethics."
"All these blood you people are shedding, there is God o, there is God o, God…o….Chai, there is God o"
"What of the WAEC teachers that can tell us that they conducted that exam, principal did you come with any? No, only you waka come, okay."
"As critical stakeholders in the peace-building process, we must therefore discharge this role with grace, so that together, we can break new grounds and enthrone the world of our dreams."
"Women are natural peace-builders who play key roles in maintaining peace in our society."
"Why can’t we encourage the young ones to grow? Why can’t we encourage them to do better? We, our mother born us and train us, why they train us is that we should be better than them. Are we to bring the young ones down? It’s not our portion."
"A bird at hand is worth a million in the bush. Nigerian women, let us shine our eyes. Women of Nigeria, are you ready to go to prison? Are you ready to go and give your father food in the prison? It is not our portion. We reject it."
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.