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Vajra facts
Some of the facts regarding Vajra:
· The elder gods in the prologue is a reference to the cosmic entities of the Ctulhu mythos created by H.P. Lovecraft.
· On page 92, Ambar’s description of his experience with Soma and a machine saying the number 42 is a reference to the answer to ‘Life, Universe and Everything’ by the super computer ‘deep thought’ in Hitch Hikers guide to the galaxy.
· Also on page 93, his description of someone asking him about 12 monkeys is a reference to the movie 12 monkeys in which the character of James cole played by Bruce Willis is sent all across time to investigate about a faction called 12 monkeys. One of the best time travel movies ever.
· Contrary to popular belief, the ending is not inspired by the Dark knight trilogy but from a Superman story widely considered as the best Superman story ever written: “All Star superman” by Grant Morrison.
· The entire Nitin Gupta’s Rorschach test scene is inspired by the Rorschach test of the actual Rorschach in Watchmen.
· The ageless gangster is an idea that is influenced by many characters from the aptly named ‘Immortal’ from the comic book Invincible to the elves in Lord of the rings but the major influence comes from the character of ‘Richard Alpert’ from T.V show LOST.
Fun fact: The character in LOST itself is named after a real Richard Alpert who transformed into Baba Ram Dass who was a big spiritual influence on Steve Jobs.
· The chapter ‘Déjà vu’ is set up to structurally mirror scenes from past and present.
· The character title Dyayus ex Machina is a play on ‘Deus Ex Machina’ a trope in storytelling which first originated in Greek plays in which suddenly in the end everything is set right and everyone is saved by God. Also Greek ‘Deus’ is a word that came from vedic Dyayus.
Fun Fact: Ending of Vajra is a literal Deus Ex Machina. Saved by a God.
· The look of Sleepers is influenced by Judge Dredd and RoboCop. Also another side fact. The look of RoboCop itself was inspired by Judge Dredd.
· The Chapter title ‘The Accident’ is a shout out to the LOST episode ‘The Incident’
· The chapter title ‘Old man walking’ is a play on ‘Dead man walking’
· The chapter title ‘The wild east’ is a play on ‘The wild west.
· The number 11 appears 11 times in the novel.
· Ambar means ‘sky’ in Hindi. His name is an indication of the fact that he is the vedic ‘Dyayus Pita’ the sky father.
· Sleepers were also influenced by the men from N.O.W.H.E.R.E in Doom Patrol written by Grant Morrison who speak in acronyms of N.O.W.H.E.R.E.
· Ghani is named after "Abdul Ghani" a gangster in the novel Shantaram by Gregory Roberts
· The elder gods in the prologue is a reference to the cosmic entities of the Ctulhu mythos created by H.P. Lovecraft.
· On page 92, Ambar’s description of his experience with Soma and a machine saying the number 42 is a reference to the answer to ‘Life, Universe and Everything’ by the super computer ‘deep thought’ in Hitch Hikers guide to the galaxy.
· Also on page 93, his description of someone asking him about 12 monkeys is a reference to the movie 12 monkeys in which the character of James cole played by Bruce Willis is sent all across time to investigate about a faction called 12 monkeys. One of the best time travel movies ever.
· Contrary to popular belief, the ending is not inspired by the Dark knight trilogy but from a Superman story widely considered as the best Superman story ever written: “All Star superman” by Grant Morrison.
· The entire Nitin Gupta’s Rorschach test scene is inspired by the Rorschach test of the actual Rorschach in Watchmen.
· The ageless gangster is an idea that is influenced by many characters from the aptly named ‘Immortal’ from the comic book Invincible to the elves in Lord of the rings but the major influence comes from the character of ‘Richard Alpert’ from T.V show LOST.
Fun fact: The character in LOST itself is named after a real Richard Alpert who transformed into Baba Ram Dass who was a big spiritual influence on Steve Jobs.
· The chapter ‘Déjà vu’ is set up to structurally mirror scenes from past and present.
· The character title Dyayus ex Machina is a play on ‘Deus Ex Machina’ a trope in storytelling which first originated in Greek plays in which suddenly in the end everything is set right and everyone is saved by God. Also Greek ‘Deus’ is a word that came from vedic Dyayus.
Fun Fact: Ending of Vajra is a literal Deus Ex Machina. Saved by a God.
· The look of Sleepers is influenced by Judge Dredd and RoboCop. Also another side fact. The look of RoboCop itself was inspired by Judge Dredd.
· The Chapter title ‘The Accident’ is a shout out to the LOST episode ‘The Incident’
· The chapter title ‘Old man walking’ is a play on ‘Dead man walking’
· The chapter title ‘The wild east’ is a play on ‘The wild west.
· The number 11 appears 11 times in the novel.
· Ambar means ‘sky’ in Hindi. His name is an indication of the fact that he is the vedic ‘Dyayus Pita’ the sky father.
· Sleepers were also influenced by the men from N.O.W.H.E.R.E in Doom Patrol written by Grant Morrison who speak in acronyms of N.O.W.H.E.R.E.
· Ghani is named after "Abdul Ghani" a gangster in the novel Shantaram by Gregory Roberts
March 27, 2015
Let's see how the apocalypse would turn out from the perspective of Indian mythology
The streets are now full of bodies. And fire.
I and 4 others are the only survivors I have encountered so far. The outer world is now completely in ruins. It's
If an apocalyptic event were to occur over the next 10-20 years, what shape is it most likely to take?
http://www.quora.com/If-an-apocalyptic-event-were-to-occur-over-the-next-10-20-years-what-shape-is-it-most-likely-to-take
Learn more by reading the background (A Quora contest: Is it the end of the world as we know it?) from Mulholland Books' Miriam Parker.
Naveen DurgarajuLet's see how the apocalypse would turn out from the perspective of Indian mythology...
http://www.quora.com/If-an-apocalyptic-event-were-to-occur-over-the-next-10-20-years-what-shape-is-it-most-likely-to-take
Learn more by reading the background (A Quora contest: Is it the end of the world as we know it?) from Mulholland Books' Miriam Parker.
Naveen DurgarajuLet's see how the apocalypse would turn out from the perspective of Indian mythology...
Let's see how the apocalypse would turn out from the perspective of Indian mythology
The streets are now full of bodies. And fire.
I and 4 others are the only survivors I have encountered so far. The outer world is now completely in ruins. It's
If an apocalyptic event were to occur over the next 10-20 years, what shape is it most likely to take?
http://www.quora.com/If-an-apocalyptic-event-were-to-occur-over-the-next-10-20-years-what-shape-is-it-most-likely-to-take
Learn more by reading the background (A Quora contest: Is it the end of the world as we know it?) from Mulholland Books' Miriam Parker.
Naveen DurgarajuLet's see how the apocalypse would turn out from the perspective of Indian mythology...
http://www.quora.com/If-an-apocalyptic-event-were-to-occur-over-the-next-10-20-years-what-shape-is-it-most-likely-to-take
Learn more by reading the background (A Quora contest: Is it the end of the world as we know it?) from Mulholland Books' Miriam Parker.
Naveen DurgarajuLet's see how the apocalypse would turn out from the perspective of Indian mythology...
Let's see how the apocalypse would turn out from the perspective of Indian mythology
The streets are now full of bodies. And fire.
I and 4 others are the only survivors I have encountered so far. The outer world is now completely in ruins. It's
If an apocalyptic event were to occur over the next 10-20 years, what shape is it most likely to take?
http://www.quora.com/If-an-apocalyptic-event-were-to-occur-over-the-next-10-20-years-what-shape-is-it-most-likely-to-take
Learn more by reading the background (A Quora contest: Is it the end of the world as we know it?) from Mulholland Books' Miriam Parker.
Naveen DurgarajuLet's see how the apocalypse would turn out from the perspective of Indian mythology...
http://www.quora.com/If-an-apocalyptic-event-were-to-occur-over-the-next-10-20-years-what-shape-is-it-most-likely-to-take
Learn more by reading the background (A Quora contest: Is it the end of the world as we know it?) from Mulholland Books' Miriam Parker.
Naveen DurgarajuLet's see how the apocalypse would turn out from the perspective of Indian mythology...
Let's see how the apocalypse would turn out from the perspective of Indian mythology
The streets are now full of bodies. And fire.
I and 4 others are the only survivors I have encountered so far. The outer world is now completely in ruins. It's h
If an apocalyptic event were to occur over the next 10-20 years, what shape is it most likely to take?
http://www.quora.com/If-an-apocalyptic-event-were-to-occur-over-the-next-10-20-years-what-shape-is-it-most-likely-to-take
Learn more by reading the background (A Quora contest: Is it the end of the world as we know it?) from Mulholland Books' Miriam Parker.
Naveen DurgarajuLet's see how the apocalypse would turn out from the perspective of Indian mythology...
http://www.quora.com/If-an-apocalyptic-event-were-to-occur-over-the-next-10-20-years-what-shape-is-it-most-likely-to-take
Learn more by reading the background (A Quora contest: Is it the end of the world as we know it?) from Mulholland Books' Miriam Parker.
Naveen DurgarajuLet's see how the apocalypse would turn out from the perspective of Indian mythology...
March 14, 2015
January 18, 2015
A battle in Vajra
Some concept art for Vajra
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