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"Eschatological hope is “the midwife of new beginnings."
"The clear message was that we move from reports to action for a just community of women and men at a personal, congregational, denominational, and global level."
"For me, the biggest obstacle has often been being the lone voice in a board of mostly men and I’m the only woman. When I don’t have other people to affirm the things I’m saying it can make it easier to dismiss. Whereas when others hear two or three voices articulating the same thing they start paying attention."
"We are all humans but we also have different perspectives in life."
"When organisations don't embrace diversity, I say it's their loss. If we are going to have people making decisions about issues in low and middle income countries,we must listen to the people who see the reality on the ground. Sometimes, the things that matter are very basic. And we need to have that voice in board meetings."
"If global health boards were more inclusive and diverse I think that we might see a change in some research – with a focus on the person as a whole rather than only focusing on a disease."
"I’m very passionate about global health issues. I’m very passionate about equality."
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.