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author of The Immortals of Meluha  Last updated on: January 31,
2012 16:24 IST  Interview with the author of The Immortals of
Meluha   Abhishek Mande  Author of bestselling books Immortals
of Meluha and The Secret of the Nagas talks about the right to
free speech, the need to draw the line, the corruption of the
English language and Chetan Bhagat.  His books have sold
millions of copies and now Amish Tripathi's Immortals of Meluha
is all set to be made into a movie courtesy Karan Johar. And
yet, the banker-turned-author has no airs or arrogance that
comes as part of a package deal with some authors soon after
their books begin to sell.  In an interview with, Tripathi talks
about the recent Rushdie controversy that took the Jaipur
Literature Festival by storm, the hazards of free speech, his
upcoming movie and Chetan Bhagat even a