Text: Divya Nair/Rediff.com Videos: Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com IMAGE: Amish Tripathi, author of the Shiva trilogy, at the launch of the docu-series Legends Of Shiva With Amish, which airs on Discovery.

When the Immortals of Meluha, the first novel of the Shiva trilogy, hit the stands, it became instantly popular. The book immediately became a hot topic of discussion among college grads and ...