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"Because we take on different roles every day, we are able to see life from many perspectives. On stage, a person cannot act falsely. For three hours, you live a different life. However, you must control your emotions. In cases where one becomes overwhelmed, there are times when they cannot hold themselves and end up crying. That is how a person dedicates themselves to their role. We are fortunate to transform into many characters. Living a monotonous life would be sad."
"When it comes to the standards of classical art, much can be said. It requires very high sensitivity. For us, emotions can easily fall and recover quickly. But that sensitivity can be harmful to oneself because one becomes startled by events here and there. That is why there seem to be exceptional people. Performing a large-scale opera requires singing continuously on stage for three hours. For example, imagine I am the lead character in an opera. Singing nonstop on stage for three hours expends as much energy as working underground for eight hours."
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.