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April 10, 2026
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"Sind nicht auch wir dabei, so denken sich die Kerle noch die Republik aus. Wenn wir wollen, dass alles bleibt wie es ist, dann ist nötig, dass alles sich verändert. Habe ich mich deutlich ausgedrückt?"
"Republiken enden durch Luxus, Monarchien durch Armut."
"Republik ist das fluidum deferens der Jugend. Wo junge Leute sind, ist Republik."
"Ich habe Geschmack gefunden an der Republik, // Seit ich so viele Könige gesehen."
"Eine Republik zählt mehr große Männer als eine Monarchie; in jener wird die Tapferkeit fast immer geehrt, in dieser fürchtet man sie sehr."
"Die Republik ist die Regierungsform, die uns am wenigsten entzweit."
"Die bürgerliche Verfassung in jedem Staate soll republikanisch sein."
"Der Krebs der Republik, die festgefügten Parteien, hat seine Metastasen längst in alle Organe, ja in alle Teile des Körpers des Gemeinwesens ausgebreitet."
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.