Amish Tripathi on His Book Raavan, Enemy of Aryavarta
On the cover of Amish Tripathi's latest book, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta, the surname of the author doesn't appear because he wants the readers to judge his books by his stories and not by his caste.
In fact, Amish, who often retells tales from Indian mythology, holds that in ancient times people's varnas (castes) were determined by their karma (deeds) and not by their birth.
While this may not be the common belief about the Hindu caste system, Amish has rarely adhered to 'popular narratives' of Hinduism.…