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"Proud of my near-madness, as if I had attained a goal."
"The main thing:... not to let myself be defined by history, not to take it as an excuse—despise it in those who hide their personal insignificance behind it—and yet know it, in order to understand people and above all to see through them (my hatred of history as a refuge for be-nothings)."
"I was angry at her for not being what I wanted."
"Tense, unnerved, and close to madness before writing—and when I read what I’ve written it looks so calm."
"Ich hörte auf, oberflächlich zu sein — ich dachte nichts mehr"
"A fine thing: suddenly to forget about one’s history, one’s past, to stop feeling that one’s present happiness is endangered by what one used to be."
"My way of thinking is often so wrong, so untenable, because I think as if I were talking to someone else."
"Jetzt knistert es im Gebälk; es knistert im Gebälk des Daches, das ist der schwere Schnee; es knistert nicht im Gebälk der Gesellschaft. Die Bilanz ist aktiv; es sind bei der Geschäftsführung keine Umtriebe vorgekommen. Es biegen sich nur die Balken durch den Plafond, es knistert im Gebälk."
"Ich werde mich entschlossen verirren."
"Ich möcht ein solcher werden wie einmal ein andrer gewesen ist. [...] Ich: // bin: // nur: // zufällig: // ich:"
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.