"When the Ramayana was being shown as a serial on TV, Leftist and progressive artists, led by doughty warriors like A.K. Hangal and Dina Pathak, organised a protest in Bombay to protest against this "communal" act... [Similarly...] Addressing a rally at the conclusion of the march, Dina Pathak castigated Doordarshan for showing another "communal" item on its network - a report of the archaeological discovery, by Dr. S.R. Rao, of the remains of ancient Dwarka...."
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Talageri, S. The Aryan Invasion Theory and Indian Nationalism (1993), 34.
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