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Amish Tripathi
Amish Tripathi
Indian Author
Born: Oct 18, 1974
Book India Me Religion Writing You
Related authors: Ashwin Sanghi Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Devdutt Pattanaik Jaggi Vasudev Ravi Subramanian Ruskin Bond Shiv Khera
I loved history in my school days, and I have always been a voracious reader. But in India, you end up doing MBA, engineering or medicine. Amish Tripathi
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Anuj Bahari has always been a really good literary agent for me. What a good agent does is that he manages many of your business aspects so you can keep your time free for writing. Amish Tripathi
Time Good Me You Business Writing Free He Does Always Been Literary Agent Really Aspects Your Many Keep
I see everything like a movie. I laugh and cry, I smell, touch, see and describe my own experience. I don't care if this sounds strange; I am not the creator - I am only the channel. The story is given to me. Amish Tripathi
Me Strange Experience Care Smell Own Channel Everything Laugh See Touch My Own Given Only Like Cry Am Sounds Movie Story Describe Creator
In India, it is not a contradiction for religion and liberalism to co-exist. Amish Tripathi
Religion Liberalism India Contradiction
I think it's a fallacy to say that a good book sells itself. It doesn't happen. I'm a voracious reader and I can give you a long list of books which should have been best sellers but they aren't. How can you buy a book if you haven't heard of it? Amish Tripathi
Buy Best Good You Book Long Think Books Say Give Long List Voracious Reader How Fallacy Been Heard Sellers Itself Sells List Happen Which Should Good Book
I don't think I'm any competition to the already-existing canon of writers in Kannada. How can I ever even think of comparing myself? Amish Tripathi
Myself Competition Think Writers How Any Canon Even Comparing Ever
India is a musical country, so it would appear obvious to use our collective passion for music to promote a book. Amish Tripathi
Music Book Passion Collective Country Our Musical Would India Promote Obvious Use Appear
As a writer, it's important to stay true to your story without giving a hoot about publishers, critics and readers. You should do your karma as an author the way you want to, and rest is up to God. Amish Tripathi
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When the book is over, I think of innovative marketing ways to reach to a larger audience. I think wine and cheese book launch parties are a waste. Amish Tripathi
Book Cheese Wine Think Innovative Marketing Ways Launch Over Reach Parties Audience Waste Larger
I see a sense of unity in the universe. Spirituality is not limited to only one religion. One can experience it across different religions. I am fascinated by philosophy of Advaita and philosophy of unity. We have to get over the illusion that God is different from us. Amish Tripathi
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In the early '90s, I was disillusioned after the blasts and riots in Mumbai. I was in college and started thinking that religion was the root cause of all these evils. While my father told me not to blame religion because of a few bad people, I wasn't convinced. The faith was restored after I started writing my first book. Amish Tripathi
Faith Religion Me Blame Book People Writing Bad People Cause Father College First Few Thinking Evils Bad Riots Restored Blast Because After Disillusioned While Root Convinced Mumbai Early Started
My father's family hails from Banaras. My grandfather taught mathematics at Banaras Hindu University. Banaras is also dedicated to Lord Shiva, home to one of the great jyotirlings, the Kashi Vishwanath temple. Amish Tripathi
Mathematics Home Great Family Father Temple Also Hindu Lord Taught Grandfather Dedicated University
The good news is that a vast majority of Indians from different religions see no contradiction between religiosity and liberalism, keep India stable. We religious liberals don't talk loudly enough. Amish Tripathi
Good News Good News Enough Liberalism Liberals India Religions Religious Indians See Vast Vast Majority Between Talk Majority Contradiction Loudly Stable Different Different Religions Keep
When I was young, I was an academically oriented guy like most academically oriented guys. I graduated in science, did an MBA. My dreams as a young boy were I wanted to be an industrialist, or I wanted to be a scientist. Amish Tripathi
Dreams Science Young Guy Guys Like Academically Most Boy Scientist Were Did Graduated Wanted Oriented
If you have to write a fictional adventure to convey a philosophy of evil, the best person is the destroyer of evil himself, Lord Shiva. Amish Tripathi
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Songs of different moods are like keys, which help me enter the world of my book's characters. Amish Tripathi
Me Book World Keys Enter Moods Characters Songs Like Different Which Help
Creating music is a wonderful way to celebrate our devotion for Lord Shiva. Amish Tripathi
Music Celebrate Wonderful Our Way Devotion Lord Wonderful Way Creating
I never thought my ideas would actually get published. Amish Tripathi
Thought Would Never Ideas Get Published Actually
I'm one of those lucky guys making a living out of something I really enjoy doing. That's a blessing. But you never know. What if my subsequent book series flops? I don't come from a wealthy background, so I'd be left with no choice. I'd have to go back into banking! Amish Tripathi
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I never really wanted to be a writer. I know it sounds strange, but I honestly believe that I didn't pick the story; the story has picked me. I've written absolutely no fiction before 'The Immortals of Meluha.' Not even a short story in school - absolutely nothing. Amish Tripathi
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In any industry, the people with the freshest ideas usually come from outside. Amish Tripathi
People Outside Come Ideas Industry Any
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. Amish Tripathi
History Wise People Job Joke Background Say Okay Would India Come Pragmatic Up Privileged Option Afford Did Irresponsible Really Your Growing Growing Up Actual Thing Career
The youth in India tend to be rebellious, as with everywhere else, and that makes Shiva exciting. He has the rebellious qualities that the youths like. Amish Tripathi
Youth Else Everywhere India Tend He Exciting Like Qualities Makes Youths Rebellious
When I'm writing, I am lost in my book. Except family and close friends, I don't care about what critics, publishers or readers might think. Amish Tripathi
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If your purpose is to make money, you shouldn't get into writing. Amish Tripathi
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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. Amish Tripathi
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