Anil CS Rao's Blog

more developmental artwork for Indian Time Traveler sequel : Bharathi’s Revenge

ACSR — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:08:21 +0000

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Launching at India Comicon 2012 Feb 17

ACSR — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:10:56 +0000

forthcoming poetry publication…..

ACSR — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:49:50 +0000

The Indian Time Traveler II: a commentary on theme

ACSR — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:46:23 +0000

Everyone attempts to predict the future outcome of present day trends. In the realm and plane of the artist – it could really (the future) turn out to be anything he has conjured by virtue of experience and observation. Reena is from 2011 AD. The Time Traveler is from 3300 AD. What led to the extinction of India as we now no it both 2080 and then again again in 3300? This is the question that Arun, Reena and their new friend Bharathi attempt to fathom.

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ACSR — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:56:29 +0000

On the Production Board for 2013 Release….

ACSR — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:55:04 +0000

This project was inspired by the Alan Moore comic book V for Vendetta – in which a Guy Fawkes masked hero-villain ( he can be looked at from either vantage ) uses violence to counter an evil political regime in the UK. What I disagree with is the plot-theme that Moore proposes: i.e. violence and vengeance are an acceptable remedy for countering evil regimes and governments. Yet still the question that Moore proposes is relevant: how can one overthrow an evil, violence based regime without using the same instruments of violence used by that government? Is there justification for the actions of Western governments to use violence to counter violence? My proposal is based on Lao Tzu’s teachings: the world, if you give it a chance – can heal itself over time. A sort of Ode to Percy Beth Shelley’s Ozymandius: Rome has since ceased to be a center of power – only its ruins remain. The West - particularly in America during the last millennium - is wrong in its approach of using State sponsored terrorism through its various police and military arms both domestically and internationally. This is the premise that I would share with Moore – only my solution is influenced by Eastern philosophy and texts.

Act I : Shobha Mirza PA – To be Released at the New Delhi 2012 Comicon (47 pages: Cyberwit Publishers)

ACSR — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:53:28 +0000

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my fake press pass: always amusing to the government people at events

ACSR — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:50:51 +0000

My Work in Black Box Gallery, Portland Oregon USA Jan 1 – Jan 6 2012

ACSR — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:32:50 +0000

A Must See by Gandhians , The Non-Aligned and All Indians alike

ACSR — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:38:19 +0000

“Errand of Mercy” is an episode of Star Trek. It was originally broadcast on March 23, 1967. It is episode #26, production #27, written by Gene L. Coon and directed by John Newland. This episode marks the first appearance of the Klingons.

Overview: At war with the Klingons, Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock attempt to sway the incomprehensibly placid population of a planet to their side.

[edit] Plot

On stardate 3198.4, relations between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire have reached the breaking point, and recent negotiations have collapsed. The USS Enterprise has been sent to the world of Organia, a non-aligned planet near the Klingon border, in fear that the Klingons will try to annex it.

As the Enterprise approaches Organia, it destroys an attacking Klingon vessel. Kirk warns the Organians of the Klingons, but the Organians are completely unconcerned. Instead, they insist that it is the Enterprise and her crew are the only ones in danger. A Klingon fleet appears, forcing the Enterprise to withdraw, and stranding Kirk and Spock on the surface.

The Klingons seize control of the planet without resistance from the Organians and install the ranking Klingon officer, Kor, as the military governor of Organia. The Organians disguise Kirk and Spock but refuse to do more to resist the occupation. Kirk and Spock start guerrilla operations of their own, over the objections of the Organians.

When the Klingons confront the Organian ruling council and threaten to torture Kirk and Spock as suspected insurgents, the Organians reveal Kirk and Spock’s true identities and allow them to be arrested. After preliminary interrogations, Kirk and Spock are imprisoned. Shortly thereafter, the Organians effortlessly free the pair and hide them in the council chamber.

While Kirk and Spock try to comprehend the natives’ contradictory actions, Kor retaliates for the escape by ordering mass executions. Still, the Organians continue to protect Kirk and Spock, but the Organians remain otherwise unperturbed by the Klingons’ actions, leaving the Federation officers and the Klingons alike baffled and frustrated.

As Federation and Klingon fleets converge on the system, threatening to turn it into a war zone, Kirk and Spock execute a daring raid on the Klingon headquarters in hopes of rousing the population into resistance. They prove surprisingly successful, capturing Kor and preparing to make a last stand while the fleets ready to clash.

At that point, the Organians reveal their true nature. They instantly incapacitate both sides, not only around the planet, but everywhere. They are not primitive humanoids; rather, they are highly advanced non-corporeal beings, so far beyond the Klingons and the Federation that they were never threatened by the physical nature of the conflict, but rather were like parents being baffled by immature children fighting about physical things that do not matter. The Organians force the humans and Klingons to make a truce, the Organian Peace Treaty. Both sides protest, but the Organians predict the two rivals will get along far better in the future than they presently imagine.

Back on the Enterprise, Kirk admits his embarrassment at his own initial disappointment with the forcible ending of the war and the imposed peace treaty.