He noted that the Hindu Gods were probably not 'mythical beings or a figment of a rich imagination', but rather they were once human beings like the rest. Once he started to write a book about Shiva, he decided to base it on some fundamental beliefs of his. Tripathi felt that no subject was better than, one of the major and the destroyer of evil his journey and stories about him would deliver the philosophy that he wanted to convey, to his readers. They suggested that Tripathi write a /adventure novel and the philosophy should be a part of the story, hence there would be a mainstream appeal in it. It struck me that if the two civilizations were to confront each other, they would be at stark odds and calling each other evil.' But when he decided to write a book about the philosophy of evil, his family discouraged him, saying that the subject itself was not popular and would get a narrow audience.
Tripathi added, 'It set me thinking that this was exact opposite of our etymology where evil was Asura and gods were Devas.
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