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"Larry: Ma'am. If I ran for an hour, it would murder me."
"Tom: Neither do I."
"Anna: That's right. Then we work up to the hour. Today, we run for twelve moments! Let's go! [And she takes off across the field. The children remain in their spots and watch as their teacher recedes into the distance]"
"Tom: Hey, you heard her, midgets! Get your butts in gear! Go!"
"[The children moan collectively. But they begin to run]"
"[As the twelve-moment jog is over, Anna gathers the children back onto the recess field. For the rest of that afternoon, she teaches them everything about soccer. She shows them frontal block tackles, cross field passes and how to blindside the opponent]"
"[As practice is finished, the children are dirty, sweaty and tired]"
"[But they feel grand]"
"Anna: Kate's right. Everyone get back to work!"
"Sophia: Then whaddya think? [Practice is done and she, Polly and Kate are heading home]"
"Kate: We'll never last!"
"[Turning a corner and heading along Main Street, the girls pass The Office. Kate glances through the window. Her grin is replaced with her usual scowl. Hunched over one of the bar stools is a familiar sight. Her father, Ed]"
"Kate: See, you guys?"
"Polly: You wanna come to my house?"
"[Kate shakes her head, no. Then she turns around and starts running]"
"[Kate runs for several blocks. She has started out in no particular direction, but as she stops, she finds herself standing in front of the old granary building]"
"[Kate walks around to the back. She climbs an old rusted ladder that leads to a small window high at the top of the building. The window is yet open from the last time she has climbed through it]"
"[Inside is a small room. Several pictures are tacked to the wall. Her Walkman and tapes are on a milk crate. And there is a coffee can filled with candy, as well. It is Kate's secret hiding place]"
"[Kate relaxes as she bursts a tape into her Walkman]"
"[But just as she is about to slip the headphones over her ears, she hears a thumping noise from underneath. Like someone is bouncing a ball...]"
"[She puts down her Walkman and leans forward. Her room is actually a loft that looks down over the main space of the granary warehouse. She peers over the edge of the catwalk and sees that someone is kicking a soccer ball against the walls]"
"[It is Juan Morales, the new boy at school]"
"[Kate leans over to get a better look and knocks the coffee can filled with candy over the edge of the catwalk. Juan spins around in alarm]"
"Juan: Hey! Who's there? [But he can't see anybody at first]"
"Kate: What are you doing here?"
"[Juan looks up and sees Kate]"
"Juan: You first."
"Kate: I've been coming here for years. This is my place!"
"Juan: Alright. I'll leave."
"[Kate watches as Juan heads for the door]"
"Kate: Hey, wait! I'm coming down. [She climbs down the ladder] Then you can play soccer."
"[Juan holds the soccer ball between his arm and waist]"
"Juan: Yes."
"Kate: If Anna or Tom saw how well you are, they'd positively drool. How come it's a secret?"
"Juan: I've had my reasons."
"[Kate shrugs her shoulders]"
"Kate: Alright. Stay and kick the ball! I'm done in here anyhow. Besides, soon I won't need this place. I'll just run away for real!"
"Juan: Running away is no luck."
"Kate: How would you know?"
"Juan: Just be happy you can say you were born in the U.S.A."
"Kate: Yes. Too hard it had to be the Elma part of it."
"[With that said, Kate heads out the door]"
"[The next morning, Anna walks up and down the aisles of her classroom. The children sit hunched over their desks trying to do the math worksheets Anna has passed out in exhaustion. As she reaches Kate's desk, she notices that Kate's worksheet is empty and she is drawing doodles in the margins]"
"Anna: Kate, I know you can do this."
"Kate: C'mon. I'm probably going to end up a supermarket, then what difference does it make?"
"Anna: I know how smart you are. And checkers at supermarkets need math, as well."
"Kate: No, they don't. They've had all these little black stripes on all the zebras. It adds stuff automatic."
"Anna: Giving up before you've ever really started is a mournful fashion to live your life. If you keep your talents hidden or undiscovered, you only cheat yourself!"
"[Kate looks up and sees that Juan is staring at her. He is grinning, obviously finding her danger amusing]"
"Kate: Why don't you all worry about your own work! [Now the entire class is looking at Kate]"
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.