Fourth of July is the day that marks the American independence. And more than two centuries later, the day will perhaps truly represent a liberation of sorts. The two front-runners for the Democratic hot seat have written new chapters in history of feminism and racism in the country. The irony is that 'alone' they stood on their podiums, and 'together' they won the two most controversial debates of mankind and womankind...(now that you'd perhaps not counter the usage). The only other being to have defied the stereotypes is Oprah. Another 'O'. May be it will usher in the fad of Afro-Americans going in for O-ish names for their newly-borns - Olivia, Owen, Oriana, Orlando, OSAMA... The "Big O" of American politics in particular has me bewildered. He shipped off the American bias of the white skin out into the Atlantic and embarked on a new phenomenon of 'black is in'. Out to hypnotize a 301 million Americans, this pied piper...