Dr Jayant Balaji Athavale was a brilliant doctor, says rationalist Shyam Manav, president of the All Indian Andhshradha Nirmulan Samiti (ANS), in the same breath that he says that Athavale used the Ericksonian hypnosis technique as a tool to successfully influence and control the minds of Sanatan sadhaks.

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