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"Intelligence doesn't threaten me. Stupidity does."
"[to Peter] You did the right thing in cutting the rope. Any good climber woud've. If Royce had had the knife, hed've done it himself."
"Colonel Amir Salim: National Geographic is always welcome. They're the only Westerners who ever come to Pakistan without wanting to conquer something."
"Major Rasul: You must try the tea, its very good. Indian of course. We may be at war with them, but there's no point in overreacting. Their tea's the best."
"Kareem Nazir: All men die, my friend. But Allah says its what we do before we die, that counts."
"Chris O'Donnell – Peter Garrett"
"Bill Paxton – Elliot Vaughn"
"Robin Tunney – Annie Garrett"
"Scott Glenn – Montgomery Wick"
"Izabella Scorupco – Monique Aubertine"
"Temuera Morrison – Major Rasul"
"Stuart Wilson – Royce Garrett"
"Nicholas Lea – Tom McLaren"
"Alexander Siddig – Kareem Nazir"
"Ben Mendelsohn – Malcolm Bench"
"Steve Le Marquand – Cyril Bench"
"Roshan Seth – Colonel Amir Salim"
"This December. Fear will Fall. Courage will Rise."
"Hold Your Breath"
"The Mountain Will Decide"
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.