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"[about Nicholas] You see, Jonah? This is the sort of man a president needs around him. Someone who is not afraid to speak his mind."
"They take you to a tree and hang you by your skin. Each time you scream the evil comes out of you. Sometimes, it can take three days for your evil to be spent. Pull him up."
"You see. You are a doctor and a philosopher. Yes, I do have a good life now. Please, please. Sit here. I come from a very poor family, I think you should know this. My father left me when I was a child. The British Army; became my home. They took me as a cleaner, in the kitchens, cleaning pots. They used to beat me. [imitating British] "Beat this wall, Amin." "Dig the latreen, Amin." And now, here I am. The President of Uganda. And who put me here, huh? It was the British."
"I am the father of this nation, Nicholas. And you have most... grossly... offended your father."
"Look at you. Is there one thing you have done that is good? Did you think this was all a game? 'I will go to Africa and I will play the white man with the natives.' Is that what you thought? We are not a game, Nicholas. We are real. This room here, it is real. I think your death will be the first real thing that has happened to you."
"This is Africa. You meet violence with violence. Anything else, and you're dead."
"Almost all aberrations of nature are possible."
"Dr. Merrit: [to Nicholas] You know, the interesting thing is, 80% of the locals prefer the witch doctor to us. Sometimes I just think we're just skimming the surface of an ocean."
"Forest Whitaker - Idi Amin"
"James McAvoy - Dr. Nicholas Garrigan"
"Kerry Washington - Kay Amin"
"Gillian Anderson - Dr. Sarah Merrit"
"Simon McBurney - Stone"
"David Oyelowo - Dr. Junju"
"Stephen Rwangyezi - Jonah Wasswa"
"Abby Mukiibi Nkaaga - Masanga"
"Adam Kotz - David Merrit"
"David Ashton - Garrigan Sr."
"Barbara Rafferty - Mrs. Garrigan"
"Cleopatra Koheirwe - Joy"
"Michael Wawuyo - Andrew Mukooza"
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.