Immortal India was in a way, just presenting step one straight out - my philosophies and my thoughts. In a way, philosophy is step one, the story is step two. The core philosophy at the heart of the Ram Chandra series is an answer to the question, “what is an ideal society”. The core philosophy at the heart of the Shiva Trilogy is the answer to the question “what is evil”. What propelled you to write Immortal India?Īmish: All my books have a core philosophy at heart. YSW: In between, you turned to non-fiction. But the Ram Chandra series is the second fastest-selling… so it has done well. Is the reception to the Ram Chandra series as you expected?Īmish: From what I have been told by my publisher, the Shiva Trilogy is the fastest-selling book series in the publishing history of India. YSW: When Meluha first came out, it instantly became a cult hit. So, I thought, the new title would work better. Here, “orphan” is the wrong word as it gives the impression that he is a bechara (helpless) whereas, he actually had a lot of agency. As I wrote the book, I started realising that it’s the other way around, he rejected his own land. YSW: Originally, the book was titled Raavan: Orphan of Aryavarta, why did you decide to change it?Īmish: When I had the first download of Raavan in my mind, my impression of him was that his own land had rejected him.
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