Way back in the year that had 31 days in February, Varsha Bhosle had written a set of articles titled "Towards Balkanisation".

Some familiar characters, some familiar struggles that have existed for decades, if not centuries, in her unequivocal style.

https://www.rediff.com/news/2002/aug/12varsha.htm
Lopsided syllabus in schools constitutionally questioning the Constitution, eminent historians who missed centuries in India's history, sold-out media kowtowing to the Nehruvian Idea of India before She Who Was Recently Named made it concrete...and this was just the first part.
In the second part she mentions this statement about freedom fighters from a textbook, "The terrorists' oaths before goddess Kali...could hardly appeal to the Muslims."

In case we never thought of questioning how old the idea for that saffron thread was.

https://www.rediff.com/news/2002/aug/19varsha.htm
The third is about missionaries, who "get unlimited financial and political support...and attack with stealth, cunning and persistence."

Of course, if conversion is the agenda, wouldn't the attack on gharwapsi be on the cards? An old one, once again.

https://www.rediff.com/news/2002/aug/26varsha.htm
The fourth is a related one, about Peter Subramani. No, that's obviously not from her, but this is about their global network eagerly perpetrating lies about Hindus/Hinduism/Hindutva.

1998 seemed to have been the turning point, with the Vajpayee govt.

https://www.rediff.com/news/2002/sep/02varsha.htm
The final part in the series is as impactful and concerns "Adivasis", the hunting ground for missionaries.

The article starts with the All India Christian Council demanding a ban on RSS for their "ghar wapsi" program in tribal areas.

Well, well...

https://www.rediff.com/news/2002/sep/09varsha.htm
Varsha Bhosle had a few things to say about Sonia Gandhi too, around the time she entered politics.

I will end with this. House of the Rising Son.

If she were alive today, she would have burned the bottoms of many, and that's not just from the LW.

https://www.rediff.com/news/1998/feb/19varsha.htm
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