Amish Tripathi
Amish Tripathi
Amish Tripathi, is an Indian author, known for his novels The Immortals of Meluha, The Secret of the Nagas and The Oath of the Vayuputras. The three books collectively comprise the Shiva Trilogy. His debut work The Immortals of Meluha was a bestseller, that broke into the top seller chart within a week of its launch owing to his creative marketing strategies. The Shiva Trilogy has become the fastest selling book series in the history of Indian publishing, with 2.5...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth18 October 1974
CityMumbai, India
CountryIndia
Songs of different moods are like keys, which help me enter the world of my book's characters.
India has a long tradition of reinterpreting religious myths.
In India, it is not a contradiction for religion and liberalism to co-exist.
I never thought my ideas would actually get published.
I am a disciplined person. When I am writing, I write for 7-8 hours.
India is a musical country, so it would appear obvious to use our collective passion for music to promote a book.
If your purpose is to make money, you shouldn't get into writing.
I'm certainly not surprised by the passion of the youth for our myths. Mythology is almost a part of an Indian's DNA.
While in some countries there's a feeling that literature must stay away from religion, this is not so in India - in the Indian way, literature is just another means to find a more spiritual life, to find our way to God.
In the India I was growing up in, history wasn't really a wise career option. People would joke and say, 'History's okay, but what's your actual job?' I didn't come from a privileged background and couldn't afford to be irresponsible, so I did the pragmatic thing and did a MBA.
There is a wealth of readership for regional language literature in India that is not given importance. We must give respect to our own languages.
In the ancient times, bards went around singing the epics, which were storehouses of philosophy.
In any industry, the people with the freshest ideas usually come from outside.
I was a very happy banker, but I feel happier as an author.