Amish Tripathi's Success Inspires MBA Grads to Become Writers

Tripathi spoke about juggling job and passion, he said, “I come from a very middle-class family and wrote the two books whilst handling a corporate job. It was only after its success that I quit,” as per ET Bureau. However, this success that has slyly found Tripathi is the one which is incidentally inspiring MBA students to even give up their jobs and resort to writing fulltime. Shaishav Solanki, an aspiring writer, is a graduate for IIM-Indore who has recently authored the book, Mission Known.

Dr Devi Singh, the director of IIM Lucknow said, “The younger generation today has a lot more confidence in its abilities and is willing to take risks, unlike people of our generation. And I think it is a great thing to be a non-conformist and not get stereotyped in a 9-to-5 corporate job,” as reported by ET Bureau.

There are those who are considering dishing their jobs after their first novel, like Ravinder Singh, an alumnus of the Indian School of Business (ISB). His first novel, ‘I too had a Love Story’ published in 2008, turned out to be another national bestseller. He followed this success by another one of his brain child called ‘Can Love Happen Twice?’ published in 2011. Singh said, “I moved to Microsoft eight months back but am toying with the idea of quitting.” He spent six-and-a-half years at Sapient before joining the Indian Business School and turning into a writer. He further adds, “I derive more solace from my creative life than from my corporate nine-to five job.”

Even Singh turned to his B-school learning to comprehend the 'business' of writing like Tripathi. Singh said, “I have seen the bottom of the pyramid and there is a great demand for Indian books. They can be sold in multiple languages and movies can be made of them. One can also get into publishing eventually,” as reported by ET Bureau.

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