[Reader-list] Who's afraid of the BOSS School of Music?

[shivam at kafila.org]

Dear all,
Read this, and the best part comes at the end.
enjoy
shivam

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Woman hurls slipper at judge
SAMANWAYA RAUTRAY
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090321/jsp/frontpage/story_10702272.jsp

New Delhi, March 20: A woman today took off her slipper and flung it
at a Supreme Court judge, but the missile fell short of a stunned
Justice Arijit Pasayat who ducked in the nick of time.

The woman, one of a quintet of “educationists” personally fighting a
contempt case, however, got away with a three-month jail term, far
lighter than the three-year sentence given to Iraqi journalist
Muntazer al Zaidi for hurling a shoe at former President George W.
Bush.

The remaining four would have to serve out similar terms, the court said.

An atmosphere of shock hung over the courtroom, crammed with security
personnel because of a similar “attack” by a man earlier. The five
were immediately led out and taken to an undisclosed place.

The women have been appearing in the top court for over a year now in
defence of Mumbai’s Boss School of Music that was ordered shut by
Bombay High Court on parents’ complaints that their children were
being “brainwashed” there.

The high court had also directed the teachers and staff — at last
count, the Vasai school had some 4,000 students — to go in for
psychiatric tests after some of the employees hinted at a mafia
“comprising the CM, all high court judges and international Christian
groups” trying to shut the school down.

Since the time the case landed in the Supreme Court, the women have
been repeating their charge that “all state authorities” were acting
in tandem to force a closure.

“It is nothing short of genocide,” one alleged at an earlier hearing.
The women have distributed caricatures of high court and Supreme Court
judges. Asked to withdraw the scandalous allegation, the women prayed
that all 12 judges of Bombay High Court be arrested.

Reported to be “highly educated”, the women have repeatedly brushed
off warnings by the court to desist from saying such things. Nor have
they heeded requests to appoint lawyers.

The top court had initiated contempt proceedings against them. But it
permitted the school to re-open and stayed the order for psychiatric
tests.

Three of the women have been identified as Leila David, Annette Kotian
and Pavithra Murali.

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"Not only did they make allegations against the CJI but the documents
annexed to their reply also contained cartoons in which he was
compared with terrorist Osama bin Laden and the former Iraqi dictator
Saddam Hussein."
http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/21/stories/2009032158310100.htm

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A 2002 report: "The Boss School aims to help you discover the true
essence of music that sets your whole being — body, brain and soul —
into rhythms that are harmonious with nature. The various courses can
transform a complete novice into a music teacher in just six months."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/17442707.cms

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The court called them mentally unsound but...

"Mumbai: A woman who is fighting allegations of being mentally unsound
and practising black magic in the Bombay High Court has been honoured
by the chief justice of the high court for topping the Masters course
in Philosophy of the Mumbai University."
http://indiaedunews.net/In-Focus/February_2008/%27Mentally_unsound%27_girl_tops_Mumbai_University_3422/

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And black magic: "Your parents are evil spirits, said Glenn Fernandes,
principal of Boss School of Music, in an alleged bid to keep the
students away from their parents."
http://www.mid-day.com/news/2005/apr/107661.htm

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And now look at the website of the BOSS School of Music where a flash
presentation makes their case: http://thebosskingdom.110mb.com/