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"As a deer longs for running streams, / so my soul longs for you, O God."
"Why are you so disheartened, O my soul? / Why do you sigh within me? / Place your hope in God, / for I will once again praise him, / my Savior and my God."
"The depths of the sea resound / in the roar of your waterfalls; / all your waves and your breakers / sweep over me. / During the day the Lord grants his kindness, / and at night his praise is with me, / a prayer to the living God."
"For your sake we are put to death all day long; / we are treated like sheep destined to be slaughtered. / Awake, O Lord. Why do you sleep? / Rise up, and do not abandon us forever."
"God is our refuge and our strength, / a well-proved help in times of trouble."
"Come and behold the works of the Lord, / the astonishing deeds he has wrought on the earth. / He puts an end to wars all over the earth; / he breaks the bow and snaps the spear, / and he burns the shields with flames."
"Just as the sparrow searches for a home / and the swallow builds a nest for herself / where she may place her young, / so do I seek your altars, / O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. / Blessed are those who dwell in your house; / they offer continuous praise to you. Selah"
"Kindness and faithfulness will meet; / righteousness and peace will embrace. / Faithfulness will spring forth from the earth, / and righteousness will look down from heaven."
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.