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"The government is undoubtedly overwhelmed, but they are working to assist everyone. Some individuals have already received cash transfers and food. However, challenges remain with information dissemination about registration for aid. While we are not part of the task force, we are actively advocating for this"
"Our organization is advocating for a requirement in the new constitution for 25-percent representation of people with disabilities in all companies."
"A significant part of the discrimination issue stems from the lack of laws addressing disability. When there is no formal legislation, it is unreasonable to expect people to understand or truly know what disability entails."
"Married women with disabilities often face abuse within their households. Upon divorce, they risk losing all their property due to a lack of awareness about their rights. This is not recognized as abuse; instead, it is viewed as the man’s right, as disabled women are often unfairly deemed “useless.”"
"A woman with a disability may be unable to physically reach a police station to report an incident. If she is deaf, she may also struggle to communicate with anyone there."
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.