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"In a real sense the local parish and church should be the extended family for our children where they continue to feel they belong and are accepted and loved. To this end I would propose that we make our church environments child-friendly rather than child proof them as so often happens. Children are not simply to be tolerated as a necessary evil, they must be made positively welcome. Children must feel they own the church as much as we do."
"I have served the little Church in Brunei, and I can do the same for the Church in Asia. We always have to remember that we are called to be people who have received the incredible invitation to be the Lord's flock, to be part of His mission. Always small, humble, but dedicated to continue and carry it out."
"I talk with people who don't practice: I pray for them and hope they figure it out. They're not going to live forever. They'll meet their Maker. I hope they don't miss out on that adventure of knowing Jesus in person, coming to know him as someone who not just loves you as a disciple, but is totally invested in you, who died for you, and doesn't want you to waste your life but wants you to lose your life in something good."
"Every person has the power to inspire. Though it may be difficult, sometimes we do have to be positive and see the rainbows rather than the rainstorms."
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.