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"If this fellow had had his way with me I don't suppose I'd ever have had another brandy and soda. That's a dismal thought, isn't it?... You know it hadn't occurred to me before, but this brandy-and-soda business put it into my mind, that being dead must be rather like living in America, you know? It's a dry state."
"You see, our family never have ideas; that's why they're so successful in politics, I suppose."
"It was rather difficult navigating in the fog, you see. I remember thinking at the time that it was as thick as my creditors used to be before my uncle died... Yes. You know, I never began to live until my uncle died."
"I haven't led a blameless life, but I at least I've never given any woman cause to kill me - that is, no more cause than most men give most women."
"There may be some fellows around who don't think I'm an ornament to society, but then I've had that same idea about myself at times."
"All Talking Thrilling Mystery Marvel"
"Between darkness and dawn...strange figures, stranger events fill this enthralling thriller to overflowing!"
"Ernest Torrence β Dr. Richard Ballou"
"Roland Young β Lord 'Monte' Montague"
"Dorothy Sebastian β Lady Efra Cavender"
"Natalie Moorhead β Lady Violet 'Vi' Montague"
"Boris Karloff β Abdul"
"Polly Moran β Polly, the maid"
"George Cooper β Fry the Orderly"
"SΕjin Kamiyama β Lee Han, the mystic"
"Claude Fleming β Sir James Rumsey"
"Clarence Geldart β Inspector Lewis (as Clarence Geldert)"
"John Miljan β Major Arthur Mallory"
"Richard Tucker β Colonel Davidson"
"John Loder β Captain Dorchester"
"Philip Strange β Lieutenant Williams"
"John Roche β Lieutenant Savor"
"Lionel Belmore β Major David Endicott"
"Gerald Barry β Captain Bradley"
"Richard Travers β Major 'Mac' McDougal"
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.