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"In the war of 1857 Hindus and Muslims fought together. Because the nation is above religion. Mazzini united Italy. We'll create undivided India."
"The sea washes the feet of Mother India. It will take me across the world and back to you."
"After the British leave, if they conspire to turn India into a Mughal empire again we won't let the Mughals rule over us again."
"Join the military. Get trained..."
"All those who love Hind are Hindus. Long live undivided India."
"Violence can lead to revolution, but not to the correct solution."
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.