Brown Motion

A children's marching band song that is somehow stuck in my head. I have no idea what the words mean but the tune is catchy.  Recently when I read Rihanna was peddling knickers, I somehow thought that she must have a knack for knickers and the tune kept playing in my head.  If that is not whacky what is? What it also tells me is that America is truly land of opportunity for anyone willing to hustle.  A girl from Barbados who allegedly suffered abuse can go from being no one to a pop star and then turn her charisma to selling unrelated goods. There are many such successful business people in America but when I compare to my land of birth aka India, I cannot think of comparable marketers.  I mean if Asha Bhosale or equivalent singer in India started selling their own brand of underwear it would cause a national uproar or even riots. Can you imagine Aishwarya trying to twerk or a Priyanka selling her own brand of Chopra cosmetics?  But it is possible for K...

What is Fusion? We exist because of it.  Earth as we know it is only possible because of our sun.  The sun is nothing but a fusion factory.  It generates energy every second by fusion of hydrogen nuclei into helium.  A lot of energy.  Enough to keep us ticking until we decide to end it ourselves. But I wanted to discuss another type of fusion.  Another type of mixing.  And blending.  To form something new and different than the parts that went into it. Fusion is a concept has been in vogue in pop culture for the past couple of decades.  You see it with food.  Indo Chinese or Tex Mex or Asian inspired American.  Then there is fashion.  A whole slew of artists have made careers fusing and melding together different art forms to someone's delight and to some not. Then there is fusion of ideas.  Some great writers borrow from legendary styles and meld it with their own flavors to create something worth reading.  ...

As the readership might recall a recent blog chronicled the death of Mary who swallowed a pencil. I am about to expose who Mary was. Remember the nursery rhyme - Mary had a little lamb? Exactly.  Mary is the same - one and only.  Now here is the reasoning behind the claim. First of all if Mary had a little lamb why emphasize little?  Lamb is a little sheep.   Hence we can do without the emphasis on little.  Mary had a lamb.  That is enough information. Next the rhyme says - Her fleece was white as snow,  and everywhere that Mary went,  the lamb was sure to go. Stupid lamb I must say.  Never follow anyone esp today's world to everywhere unless you know them that well.  Given I have not seen any lambs in the workplace or even in the neighborhoods I frequent I must say Mary had to have been a sheep herself. That would explain her ability to chew on grass and swallow a pencil not knowing what it was that she had just co...