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"(about Yoda) Heroes are not born from wars, they arise in order to stop wars."
"(about Darth Vader) Listen to the March of the approaching empire, all shall cower in fear."
"Don’t underestimate the power of the Force."
"Do you now understand the power of the dark side?"
"I shall release your power now."
"You dare to defy me?!"
"I am no longer your pawn."
"I don’t care about your situation."
"So this is the power master foretold."
"For now, one less victory there is. But over it is not. Return I must."
"With strength alone, succeed you will not. You must feel the Force around you."
"A disturbance in the Force cannot be ignored."
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.