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"Traditionally, technology and resources have been concentrated in the global North, while the most affected populations reside in the global South."
"Historically, researchers from the global South have been relegated to the role of sample collectors, with data analysis and decision-making often outsourced elsewhere."
"This is a breakthrough not just because science is done, but also because of where the science is done"
"I think with every initiative anyone takes in Bangladesh, they take it as a given that there will be barriers."
"A country does not need as many scientists as medical doctors. We just need a few passionate and dedicated individuals who will bring about great discoveries and societal change through their research"
"I wanted to show the world that you could be anywhere in the world and be able to sequence. You don’t have to ship samples out to the US or UK. You can sequence wherever you are and everybody's capable. We were able to show that using our small sequencing machine in Bangladesh."
"My generation gets to paint the picture of a Bangladesh where women scientists have the agency to design their own futures"
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.