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"Standard Indonesian has been a uniting force for the nation since pre-independence times, especially through the Youth Pledge in 1928. With its role as a link between various ethnicities in Indonesia, the Standard Indonesian, with more than 275 million speakers, has also traveled the world, with the inclusion of Indonesian language curricula in 52 countries around the world with at least 150,000 foreign speakers currently."
"Air tenang jangan disangka tiada buaya."
"Air tenang menghanyutkan."
"Alah bisa karena biasa."
"Bermain air basah, bermain api hangus."
"Bersakit-sakit dahulu bersenang-senang kemudian."
"Dimana ada kemauan, di situ ada jalan."
"Gajah di depan mata tak kelihatan namun kuman di sebrang lautan nampak jelas"
"Habis manis sepah dibuang."
"Jadilah kumbang, hidup sekali di taman bunga, jangan jadi lalat, hidup sekali di bukit sampah."
"Karena nila setitik, rusak susu sebelanga."
"Kasih hati, minta jantung."
"Kepala boleh panas, tetapi hati harus tetap dingin."
"Lain ladang lain belalang, lain lubuk lain ikannya."
"Ada asap ada api."
"Mengharap burung terbang tinggi, punai di tangan dilepaskan."
"Merdeka atau mati."
"Patah tumbuh hilang berganti."
"Pikir dahulu pendapatan, sesal kemudian tidak berguna."
"Rajin pangkal pandai."
"Sekali lancung ke ujian, seumur hidup orang tak percaya."
"Sekali merengkuh dayung, dua tiga pulau terlampaui."
"Sepandai-pandai tupai meloncat, akhirnya jatuh juga."
"Sudah jatuh, tertimpa tangga pula."
"Siapa menabur angin, akan menuai badai."
"Tak bisa menari dikatakan lantai yang berjungkit."
"Tong kosong nyaring bunyinya."
"Lebih baik satu burung di tangan daripada sepuluh burung di pohon."
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.