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"We will choose from those who have contacted us for help. For now, we will focus on families in and around Gaborone because of logistical challenges, but in future we will extend our reach across the country."
"The only challenge is that we used our own money. We spent close to half a million just to put everything together, which was tough, but I believe next time we will have more sponsors on board."
"We have managed to gather a lot of food, enough to support about 40 families,."
"This is going to be an annual event. If possible, we would like to have two editions a year. It breaks my heart to see people suffering. I know I cannot help everyone, but I do what I can and I want others to see that they can do the same. It should not just be me."
"For years since the very first installment of Last Man Standing event, we have been giving back to those in need. We gave away a car to one of the local artists during our first edition while we did the same for an artist living with disabilities on our second event. Last year we decided to take a young lady to school to study a teaching related course and we are keeping up with how she is doing and always make sure we pay both her school fees and allowance to make her stay in Gaborone smooth."
"This year, we will be hosting our event early so that parents can bring their children with them. They can take them back home in the evening when the night festival resumes. This is a charity festival so it should accommodate everyone. We want parents to bond with their children whilst enjoying the festival. Furthermore, unlike in the previous years, we will be bringing forth a lot of upcoming artists so that we give them exposure while we will be having only one artist from South Africa."
"The show had two aims: first, to instill the spirit of giving among Batswana, and secondly, to use my brand to attract others to join me in this charity drive while enjoying good music."
"The music business is very tricky in that you need someone who understands the pressures that come with the business."
"We should not act like politicians. In fact, politicians appear to fight in public yet work together in the background and fool the people into fighting. As musicians, if we are to fight, let us battles on stage through music."
"What happens on stage remains on stage and what happens at home is different. We know how to differentiate the two."
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.