“A human being should be able to plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” This is the code that Carlton Braganza lives by. He is a ex sailor, a mercantile marine officer who turned designer/writer/artist/ photgrapher and runs his own advertising/events agency TrumpIt. He is a versatile singer/performer with a repetoire that spans classical to jazz to rock and played the lead in the staged version of West Side Story. A radio jockey, he hosts a jazz and blues show on FM, and has conceptualised and runs OPUS a a food, music and art space that has staged some of the best indian and international acts.