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""Z'Basel an mim Rhi, // jo dört möchti si! // Weiht nit d'Luft so mild und lau, //und der Himmel isch so blau //an mim liebe Rhi.- Johann Peter Hebel. Erinnerungen an Basel bei zeno.org"
"Zu Cöln am Rheine kniet ein Weib // Am Rabensteine unterm Rade, // Und überm Rade liegt ein Leib, // An dem sich weiden Kräh' und Made."
"„Vom Rhein – noch dazu. Vom Rhein. Von der großen Völkermühle. Von der Kelter Europas! [...] Die Besten der Welt! Und warum? Weil sich die Völker dort vermischt haben. Vermischt – wie die Wasser aus Quellen und Bächen und Flüssen, damit sie zu einem großen, lebendigen Strom zusammenrinnen.“"
"Ein Leben wie im Paradies // Gewährt uns Vater Rhein; // Ich geb es zu, ein Kuss ist süß, // Doch süßer ist der Wein."
"Du wirst doch auch einmal den Rhein wieder besuchen, den Garten Deines Vaterlandes, der dem ausgewanderten die Heimath ersetzt, wo die Natur so freundlich groß sich zeigt."
"Der Rhein, // Und wär's nur um den Wein, // Der Rhein soll deutsch verbleiben."
"Am Rhein, am Rhein, da wachsen unsre Reben."
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.