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"Ein Neger mit Gazelle zagt im Regen nie."
"Dem Pechvogel regnet es auf den Arsch auch wenn er sitzt."
"Wohlgeruch des Himmels // auf den Gräsern, // früher Abendregen."
"Wohl Keime wecken mag der Regen, der in die Scholle niederbricht; doch goldnes Korn und Erntesegen reift nur heran bei Sonnenlicht."
"Walle, Regen, walle nieder, // Wecke mir die Träume wieder, // Die ich in der Kindheit träumte, // Wenn das Naß im Sande schäumte;"
"Schnell ist der Mond // Die Blätter der Bäume // halten den Regen auf."
"In der Provinz ist schon Regen eine Zerstreuung."
"Der Regen ist hier absolut, großartig und erschreckend. Diesen Regen schlechtes Wetter zu nennen, ist so unangemessen, wie es unangemessen ist, den brennenden Sonnenschein schönes Wetter zu nennen."
"Das war alles damals! Damals schien die Sonne in der rechten Weise, damals machte der Regen auf die rechte Art nass."
"Broadwaystar heiĂźt: der immer parate Tisch im ĂĽberfĂĽllten Restaurant, Zahnarzt am spielfreien Sonntag, Taxi im Platzregen [...] Interviews, Radioshows, Fernsehshows, Gesangsstunden, Tanztraining, Gesundbleiben, PĂĽnktlichsein, Stimme schonen."
"Bereits mit uns ist der Regen, // schĂĽttelt die stille Luft."
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.