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"I am a small man, a humble man. Being poor I have had to do much that I did not want to do. But so long as the great Dr McFarlane comes to my whistle, that long am I a man. If I have not that then I have nothing. Then I am only a cabman and a grave robber. You'll never get rid of me, Toddy."
"There was a dog that bothered me during the last job. People are so concerned about dogs."
"[Donald sits on a tomb in a graveyard and offers a bit of his lunch to a dog sitting on a nearby grave] Here. Here's a bit of something for you. [the dog growls angrily] Now, now, laddie. I only wanted to be friendly."
"He taught me the mathematics of anatomy but he couldn't teach me the poetry of medicine."
"Foul Traffic in Dead Bodies."
"INVADED!...the sanctuary of the Dead!...by the Hero of Horror!...and the Master of Menace!"
"Foul Fingers Crimson with Dead Men's Blood!"
"Not Hollywood Bunk - But Dramatized From Unthinkable FACTS of Record!"
"The Screen's Last Word in Shock Sensation!"
"Boris Karloff — Cabman John Gray"
"Bela Lugosi — Joseph"
"Henry Daniell — Dr. Wolfe "Toddy" MacFarlane"
"Edith Atwater — Meg Camden"
"Russell Wade — Donald Fettes"
"Rita Corday — Mrs. Marsh"
"Sharyn Moffett — Georgina Marsh"
"Donna Lee — the Street Singer"
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.