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"[Just then, Dodger runs out of the bathroom with a piece of toilet paper in his hand. He jumps into her arms and dabs at the tears with the toilet tissue. Touched, Eva looks at him]"
"Eva: Thanks, pal. I'll be alright."
"[She doesn't really believe it, though. She'll never be alright if they take Dodger away from her. Wait a sec, that gives her an idea]"
"Eva: Hey, perhaps I shouldn't be alright. I'm sick! Toxic! Temperature of 104!"
"[Making a weird face and clutching dramatically at her stomach, she staggers out of the room and picks up the extension in her mum's bedroom]"
"Eva: Hello, Dad?"
"Peter: Darling, what's wrong? You sound awful."
"Eva: I feel awful."
"Peter: Well then, perhaps I don't have such hard news after all."
"[Eva frowns]"
"Eva: Hard news? What hard news?"
"Peter: I was calling to say I can't see you this weekend."
"[The false temperature and phony illness disappear immediately. So does Eva's problem. Her droopy face perks up, and she dances a little jig in celebration]"
"Peter: They switched my flight schedule just a few hours ago. I'm already at the airport. I have to be in Vancouver until Monday. Anyhow, if you're so sick––––"
"Eva: I'm feeling better, thanks."
"[Much, much better, she thinks with a huge smirk]"
"Peter: Darling, I'll make it up to you, I mean it."
"Eva: Don't be upset, Dad. I love you!"
"Peter: I love you, as well. Now hang up and let me leave a message for your mum."
"[Eva hangs up and stays behind the phone, thinking. The phone rings again. The machine picks up. As Peter leaves a message, a light bulb the size of Dodger bursts on over Eva's head. An idea as brilliant as a thousand watts suddenly comes to her. How clever, how smart, how awesome she is. And if she can pull it away, she and Dodger will have the best weekend ever]"
"[She comes back to earth until the machine beeps]"
"Electronic Voice: Thursday. Five fifteen P.M."
"[Eva glances down and presses a button on the machine]"
"Electronic Voice: I will erase your messages."
"[Eva smirks–––part one of the plan is working––but picks up the receiver and dials again. Time to work on part two]"
"Katie: Hello?"
"Eva: Katie, it's me."
"Katie: I'm not speaking to you."
"Eva: Who cares? I need to speak to your mother."
"[Katie is confused, but goes to call her mother. Let her be confused, Eva thinks with a little smirk. Katie will know sure enough what the plan is, and then they'll both share a brief laugh. As Katie's mum comes on, Eva goes into her carefully thought-out speech]"
"[Later that night, Eva gives another speech, this time to her own mum. She doesn't like lying to her mother, but sometimes she just has to. Especially since Dodger is worried]"
"[Amy, Tessa and Eva are sitting at the dining-room table, eating dinner]"
"[Amy glances across at Eva]"
"Amy: What's the stuff for the weekend?"
"Eva: I'm going to Dad's."
"Amy: Tessa warned me he called, but I didn't find a message."
"[Careful now, Eva thinks. This is the tricky part. She keeps her voice normal]"
"Eva: I handled everything. [Boy, has she ever] He said he'll be waiting for me. And, Mum? Katie said they're going to the beach, where they could drop me off if you want."
"[Amy and Tessa exchange glances. Eva can warn they are impressed. She really has her act together these days]"
"Amy: I'll call Missie after dinner."
"[Eva bursts up to help her mum]"
"[Tessa ruffles Eva's hair]"
"Tessa: You're a cool little babe, you know that?"
"[A lot cooler than you realize, Eva thinks with a private grin. This weekend is going to be something else]"
"[It is time to warn Katie the secret]"
"[Eva and Katie are sitting in the back of the station wagon on Saturday, being driven by Katie's mum to Venice Beach. The knapsack containing Dodger rests among Eva's duffel bag. For most of the ride Katie sits, turns away from Eva, pretending Eva is invisible. Eva keeps glancing over at her, wondering where to show her the surprise. She can usually warn Katie anything, but today, Katie is giving her the silent treatment. Even Katie's mum has noticed this]"
"Tessa: What's the matter with you guys? You're so silent."
"Katie: Perhaps we don't have anything to say to each other."
"[Eva decides this is the moment to let Katie in on the secret. She grabs a scrap of paper and a crayon off the messy car floor and scribbles]"
"Eva: Do you swear?"
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.