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"Was auch immer die wirtschaftlichen und industriellen Errungenschaften sind, am Ende wird jede Leistung durch Kultur und Moral beurteilt."
"Die Menschheit hat keine umfassendere und keine kompliziertere Aufgabe als die, eine Kultur der Friedensliebe als Gegensatz zum Gewalt- und Kriegskult hervorzubringen."
"Demokratie kann nicht auf einmal errichtet, nicht über Nacht entwickelt werden. Demokratie muss in Bewegung bleiben, wie ein Strom, fortwährend."
"Das Gefühl der Liebe gehört zum Höchsten und Ewigen, das der Menschengeist an sich entdeckt, sie verfügt über die erstaunliche Eigenschaft, unter allen Bedingungen und Prüfungen zu überleben, sie bewahrt sich beständig ihre Anziehungskraft in der Sphäre der Kunst..."
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.