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Amidst a war of words on who was responsible for the spurt in malaria cases in Mumbai, veteran playback singer Asha Bhosale, who posts interesting music and film trivia, today struck a different note on Twitter, commenting on the epidemic. "Mumbai: Machhar war is in full swing", Asha said on the microblogging site. This was followed by another tweet ’Machhar’ Raj, which elicited some queries by her followers to which she was quick to clarify that she was not referring to MNS chief Raj Thackeray. "I meant too many mosquitoes buzzing adn flying around...I was only talking about the machhar (mosquito) problem all over the country. You are seeing some hidden meaning in my words," she said. The noted singer asked her fans not to create unnecessary controversies, or else she would have to stick to "namaste, dhanyavaad & thank you." "Controversies are created in a person’s mind. Words are harmless (as you have seen), Its how you perceive...

While commenting on the Lindsay Lohan arrest and coniction, Asha tweeted thus: “Salman Khan’s wondering why Lindsay Lohan got 90 days jail 4 drunk driving? These Americans don’t know how 2 treat their Stars!” The veteran singer shows rare courage to show how a senior professional should behave when one of their ilk gets into legal problems. Recently, when Akshay Kumar was compared to a jackass by a scribe, Amitabh Bachchan rushed to help the superstar and trash the journalist community. Salman Khan, the bad boy of Bollywood, was found on the other side of law several times. He was accused of killing a blackbuck in the ’90s.