Amish Tripathi Quotes
India is a musical country, so it would appear obvious to use our collective passion for music to promote a book.
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I consider myself lucky that Sonu Nigam, Bikram Ghosh and Taufiq Quereshi came forward to create an original soundtrack to promote my book, something that hasn't been tried here before!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I was a very happy banker, but I feel happier as an author.
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Writing about our gods in English is unnatural, but I believe language is just a carrier - a means to an end.
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I am a voracious reader, so it's difficult for me to give a list of my favourite authors of all time.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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