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"Anna: And if we can play as a team, perhaps we will be able to win."
"Tom: Now, you have ten moments left. Support each other! If they put three guys on Juan, that means you two of you are open. Take advantage of it!"
"[As the game resumes, the Terminators swiftly get control of the ball and begin charging toward the Big Green's net. A Terminator takes a shot, but Larry stops the ball, landing on it with his entire body. Then he kicks the ball across the field to Juan]"
"Larry: Juan, keep it outta here!"
"[Juan takes the command of the ball and charges across the center line into Terminator territory. Tak and Kate are running parallel to him]"
"[Juan works his road toward the Terminator's goal net. He sees Kate and passes the ball to her. She instantly passes the ball back to him. Juan stares at her. She is centered in front of the net and is in a better position to score. He passes the ball to her again]"
"Kate: Speak about being in the wrong place at the wrong time."
"Juan: Kate! Shoot!!!"
"[Kate hesitates, uncertain. Then she boots the ball hard. The ball sails past the Terminator goalie]"
"[The Big Green team jump and cheer]"
"[Tom, Anna and the parents charge onto the field and converge upon Kate with grins]"
"Juan: I scored!"
"Kate: I did? [It seems like a dream to her]"
"Juan: You did!"
"Kate: I did. I did! I did!"
"[Then, without thinking, she puts her arms around Juan and gives him a big hug. Juan, also without thinking, hugs her back]"
"[As soon as they realize what they are thinking about, they pull apart, their faces red with embarrassment]"
"[That evening, Kate returns home tired and dirty from the day's game. She is feeling well, despite the fact that the Big Green has lost to the Terminators 16-3]"
"[But Kate's heart sinks as she enters the house. Ed is lying on the couch. Drunk, as usual]"
"Ed: You're late."
"Kate: We stopped at Pizza Hut after the game. I scored a point."
"[Ed is silent. Kate waits for a reaction and doesn't get one. She starts for her room]"
"Ed: Ya win?"
"Kate: No. [But moments later, she opens the door] Next time we'll win!"
"[It is drizzling the next day, but the dripping rainwater hasn't stopped the Big Green from meeting for soccer practice in the schoolyard. A game is scheduled for the following Saturday, and this time the children want to be ready for it. Even their parents have come out to the practice field to cheer them on]"
"Anna: That's enough for today! [But the children ignore her and keep practicing]"
"Tom: That's it! Practice is over!"
"Nick: It's not over for us! [Then he passes the ball to Sophia]"
"[Anna and Tom run onto the field and try to get the ball separately from Sophia, but she passes it to Juan. Once Juan has the ball, he passes it to Evan]"
"[Cookie Dunk turns to the other parents]"
"Cookie: We'd better help them out. These children'll never give up the ball!"
"[Cookie runs onto the field and tries to get the ball separately from one of the children. But before he knows it, he is scrimmaging with them]"
"Larry: Dad! What are you doing here?"
"Cookie: I'm playing soccer!"
"[Cookie is having so much fun the other parents decide to join in. Suddenly, a game is being played; parents against the children. Soon everybody is wet and muddy. Even Kate really gets into it, and everybody notices how well she is. And nobody can remember the last time they have this much fun in Elma]"
"Tom: What have you done to us?"
"Anna: I didn't do anything."
"Tom: Yes, you did. You did this."
"Anna: Don't be silly."
"[Suddenly, Tom stops playing and allows Nick to get away with the ball. Anna stops as she sees that Tom has a serious expression on his face]"
"Tom: You've done something to me. I feel like I was asleep, and if I met you, I eventually woke up."
"Anna: Go back to sleep. [But then, she grins warmly at Tom]"
"[The feeling in Elma has changed in the weeks since Anna's children join the soccer league. Not only are the children emotional about something, but the adults are as well]"
"[Bomma Cole dyes white cotton soccer jerseys green. Anna cuts some position numbers out of felt and sew them on the jerseys...]"
"[Newt, Evan and Tak get some cows to "mow" the playing field. Sue and Lou, with the help of Jeffrey and Nick, transform an old fishing net into a goal net. Now the children have real practice goals instead of metal drums...]"
"[Jeffrey's dad, Albert, and Newt's mum, Connie, look through a sports-equipment catalog with Tom and chip in to buy some real shin guards, clean sneakers and brand-new soccer balls...]"
"[Cookie places a hand-painted sign in the window of The Office that reads "Go Big Green"]"
"[And go they do. The children practice every day during recess and after school. On some mornings, they even get to the schoolyard early to get in some practice before the bell rings]"
"[They are determined to be ready for that next match in Austin]"
"[That Saturday, Larry watches as the opposing team, the Ninjas, charge across the Austin soccer field toward him]"
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.