- Varsha Bhosle
Varsha Bhosle ( _mr. वर्ष भोसले) (born 1956) [http://ceo.maharashtra.gov.in/Electoral_rolls/24/A0240061.PDF] is an
India njournalist and writer based inMumbai . She is the daughter of Indianplayback singer ,Asha Bhosle [http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/nov/27varsha.htm] . She wrote columns for the Indianweb portal ,Rediff , during 1997 - 2003; columns forThe Sunday Observer [http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/jul/29varsha.htm] during 1994 - 1998; and for Gentleman magazine in 1993 [http://www.rediff.com/entertai/may/16varsha.htm] . She also wrote a little for theTimes of India [http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ashabhosle/message/1013] .Varsha has worked as a playback singer in Hindi and Marathi movies, and appeared in concerts with her mother [http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ashabhosle/message/438] .
Varsha studied
Political Science atElphinstone College , which is affiliated withBombay University in Mumbai [http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/nov/27varsha.htm] .Writings
Varsha's writings are against
Islamism and Islamist terrorism,Leftist politics , and what she callspseudo-secularism . [ [http://www.rediff.com/news/varsha.htm] Varsh Bhosle's articles on rediff ]Personal life
August 2004 electoral rolls of Mumbai record Varsha's age then as 46 [http://ceo.maharashtra.gov.in/Electoral_rolls/24/A0240061.PDF] and her being married at that time to Hemant Kenkre.She currently lives in Mumbai with her mother, Asha.
On September 9, 2008, she has been reported to have been hospitalised following an adverse reaction to medicines, one news agency has suggested attempted suicide by consuming an overdose of sleeping tablets. [ [http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=467789&sid=ENT&ssid=2] News article on attempted suicide] She is reported in other news reports to be suffering from depression and diabetes, as well as estranged from her husband. [ [http://www.individual.com/story.php?story=88266575] News article on hospitalisation]
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