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""Wohlauf, lasst uns eine Stadt und einen Turm bauen, dessen Spitze bis an den Himmel reiche, damit wir uns einen Namen machen." Genesis 11,4"
""Der Name des Herrn ist ein starker Turm; wer das Rechte tut, findet bei ihm sichere Zuflucht." Sprüche 18,10"
"Von dem, was du erkennen und messen willst, musst du Abschied nehmen, wenigstens auf eine Zeit. Erst wenn du die Stadt verlassen hast, siehst du, wie hoch sich ihre Türme über die Häuser erheben."
"Vom Abend glänzt der rote Bauch dem Baal, // Die großen Städte knien um ihn her. // Der Kirchenglocken ungeheure Zahl // Wogt auf zu ihm aus schwarzer Türme Meer."
""Poe war wirklich morbid, nicht weil er dichterisch, sondern weil er stark analytisch veranlagt war. Selbst das Schachspiel war ihm zu poetisch; er wollte davon nichts wissen, weil es voller Könige, Königinnen und Türme war"
"Da ich jetzt von weitem die Türme und den blauen Rauch von Nürnberg sah, meinte ich fast, nicht etwa eine einzige Stadt, sondern eine ganze Welt zu sehen."
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.