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"Thus, after the Meenakshipuram mass conversion to Islam in 1981, non-converted villagers reported: ‘Of course, there have been marriages between Hindu harijans and the converts. Whether it is the bride or the groom, the Hindu is expected to convert to Islam.‘"
"Ein Gesicht ohne Sommersprossen ist wie eine Nacht ohne Sterne."
"Wer richtig saubermacht, findet auch Schmutz."
"Ich bin nicht religiös. Aber ich glaube gern an etwas, auch daran, dass es Jesus und dass es Buddha gab."
"Hamburg ist die erste Stadt, in der ich herumlaufe und mich auskenne. Wo ich Menschen treffe, die mich kennen und die ich nicht bald wieder verlassen muss. Deshalb komme ich aus der Stadt wahrscheinlich nie mehr raus."
"Die Zeit heilt nicht alle Wunden, man lernt mit der Zeit nur, besser zu verdrängen, was einem weh getan hat."
"Die einzige Rettung für Frauen aus der Unterschicht oder einer anderen Kultur oder beidem ist Bildung."
""Auch wenn ich die Wissenschaftssprache beherrsche, muss ich doch nicht immer nur gebildet reden. Wer das von mir erwartet"
"Nikotin macht abhängiger als die Killerdroge Heroin."
""Bis zum achten Geburtstag kannte ich nur meine Turnschuhe"
""Aber ich habe nichts Schlimmes getan. Drogen und Alkohol habe ich nie öffentlich konsumiert, nur privat"
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.