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"A mixed race shall settle in Ashdod, / And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. / I will take away the blood from his mouth,"
"Do not rejoice, all you of Philistia, / Because the rod that struck you is broken; / For out of the serpent’s roots will come forth a viper, / And its offspring will be a fiery flying serpent. / The firstborn of the poor will feed, / And the needy will lie down in safety; / I will kill your roots with famine, / And it will slay your remnant."
"The Lord had punished the children of Israel for their sins against him. He had delivered them into the hands of the Philistines. They had subjugated the people of Israel and exploited them with cruel efficiency. But the Philistines were also an advanced people. In a world of bronze, they had already discovered the secret of iron. And with iron, they crushed all disobedience quickly and mercilessly. God's punishment of the people of Israel was harsh, but he had not abandoned them, and their faith was strengthened in the struggle against their Philistine oppressors."
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.