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"Weh denen, die unrechte Gesetze machen, und den Schreibern, die unrechtes Urteil schreiben, um die Sache der Armen zu beugen und Gewalt zu üben am Recht der Elenden in meinem Volk, dass die Witwen ihr Raub und die Waisen ihre Beute werden!"
"Ein reiner unbefleckter Gottesdienst vor Gott dem Vater ist der: Die Waisen und Witwen in ihrer Trübsal besuchen und sich von der Welt unbefleckt erhalten."
"Lieber eine Jungfer als vier Witwen."
"Das Gebet macht der Witwe einen Wall um ihr Hüttlein."
"Wer den Zeitgeist heiratet, wird bald Witwer sein."
"Eben geht mit einem Teller // Witwe Bolte in den Keller, // Daß sie von dem Sauerkohle // Eine Portion sich hole, // Wofür sie besonders schwärmt, // Wenn er wieder aufgewärmt."
"Der Unterschied zwischen Witwe und Strohwitwe besteht darin, dass erstere weiß, wo ihr Mann liegt."
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.