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"There is nothing you lay hands on that you would not face one or two challenges. There’s nothing God cannot do, so there is no battle God cannot win."
"The way a woman ‘uses’ herself really matters too. Life is like a camera; it is how one poses that one would appear in a photograph."
"In reality, our enemies do not want us to excel but I have triumphed. If one doesn’t serve God and mammon together, the world would marvel at one’s success and wonder if one is the most gifted person because things would work out for one."
"It is risky to be dependent on human beings because they would disappoint one."
"It is not how long, but how well. That’s my own philosophy of life."
"Have piece mind. Don’t envy others. Don’t be jealous of the next person. Be decent. Respect others, let others respect you too. Don’t say my friend is driving a jeep, I must drive a jeep too. Be at peace with yourself."
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.