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"But me no buts."
"Cause me no causes."
"Cook me no cooks."
"Clerk me no clerks."
"Diamond me no diamonds! prize me no prizes!"
"End me no ends."
"Fool me no fools."
"Front me no fronts."
"Gift me no Gifts; I have none for thee."
"Grace me no grace, nor uncle me no uncle."
"Madam me no madam."
"Map me no maps."
"Midas me no Midas."
"O me no O's."
"Parish me no parishes."
"Petition me no petitions."
"Play me no plays."
"Plot me no plots."
"Poem me no poems."
"Thank me no thanks, nor proud me no prouds."
"Tut me no tuts."
"Virgin me no virgins."
"Vow me no vows."
"Cody me no Codys about America."
"Tennessee me no Tennessees."
"Matchmaker, matchmaker, plan me no plans. I'm in no rush. maybe I've learned Playing with matches a girl can get burned. So bring me no ring, groom me no groom, Find me no find, catch me no catch. Unless he's a matchless match!"
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.