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"Stuttgart ist unverstellt, ganz anders als beispielsweise München. München ist eine tolle Stadt, aber du begegnest dort viel mehr Menschen, die nur ihre Fassade zeigen. In Stuttgart hast du Porsche und Bosch, hier wird gearbeitet, und es geht bodenständig und nicht versnobt zu."
"Ich versuche, hochkarätigen Tanz mit meinem Humor anzureichern."
"Als Ballettänzer lebst du in einem Mikrokosmos. Dein soziales Umfeld besteht nur aus dem Ballett."
"Wir tanzten Musik. Wir machten die Musik sichtbar, indem wir mit den Mitteln der Bewegung ausdrĂĽckten, was der Komponist mit den Mitteln des Klangs ausgedrĂĽckt hat."
"Diese Clotilde ist endlich einmal eine Tänzerin, die völlig eigenes Erleben formt, die sich von keinerlei historischem Kostüm gängeln lässt, die aus dem Reichtum ihres kleinen Herzens eine neue Welt entfaltet."
"Danke, Monsieur."
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.