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"Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppress'd with perfume, Wax faint o'er the gardens of Gul in her bloom."
"Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows."
"And soften'd sounds along the waters die: Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play."
"Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe, That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath."
"Let Zephyr only breathe And with her tresses play."
"While the wanton Zephyr sings, And in the vale perfumes his wings."
"Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows."
"And soon Their hushing dances languished to a stand, Like midnight leaves when, as the Zephyrs swoon, All on their drooping sterns they sink unfanned."
"And on the balmy zephyrs tranquil rest The silver clouds."
"Lull'd by soft zephyrs thro' the broken pane."
"The balmy zephyrs, silent since her death, Lament the ceasing of a sweeter breath."
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.