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"This award is a slap in the face to mainstream music, which effortlessly graces every radio station while world music suffers from a lack of visibility. It's proof that there's still an audience that believes in our work. It gives me courage and the desire to believe in it after a long period of doubt and COVID. This award is also a wonderful gift for the musicians who carry me on stage and for Tartine Production, which supports me."
"History has shown that the Bantu people are travelers, and I have adventure and discovery in my blood. I'm in France, but I'm already thinking about my next destination. And on my journey, my music is enriched by my encounters, the cultures I encounter, the stories I hear, the connections I create with people and countries—the world is so vast. One lifetime isn't enough to discover the beauties it contains, which is a shame..."
"We need men, but there's no reason why we should be considered inferior to anyone because of our gender. That's why I'm fighting. I'm doing it for myself, for my daughter, and for all the little girls in the world who will no longer have to suffer from sexism."
"Nothing justifies holding a woman's hand, no matter the disagreement. You know, there are many ways to make a statement. I choose to do it with music and a sarcastic tone."
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.