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""Vorläufig lassen sich zwei große superstrukturelle »Ebenen« festlegen"
"Staat = politische Gesellschaft + Zivilgesellschaft, das heißt Hegemonie, gepanzert mit Zwang."
"Im Osten war der Staat alles, die Zivilgesellschaft war in ihren Anfängen und gallertenhaft; im Westen bestand zwischen Staat und Zivilgesellschaft ein richtiges Verhältnis, und beim Wanken des Staates gewahrte man sogleich eine robuste Struktur der Zivilgesellschaft. Der Staat war nur ein vorgeschobener Schützengraben, hinter welchem sich eine robuste Kette von Festungen und Kasematten befand..."
"Die Werte für die erwünschte Leitkultur müssen der kulturellen Moderne entspringen, und sie heißen: Demokratie, Laizismus, Aufklärung, Menschenrechte und Zivilgesellschaft."
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.