Mumbai, March 15 -- We've often thought of featuring both in a 'Mirror Images' department together, because bestselling authors Ashwin Sanghi and Amish (Tripathi) have so much in common: firstly, in spite of their success, they are both amiable and grounded; both entered authorship via corporate careers; both engage with themes of mythology, history, spirituality and science; and both have the same workman-like approach to knocking off a stream of steady chartbusters. But as always, the universe beat us to it and brought them together quite serendipitously this week. "I had dropped in at a gift store in Lower Parel to pick up a small Shiva statue for my home. Amish suddenly dropped in to pick up a silver Ganesh for a friend," said Sanghi. "Amish and I started our publishing careers around the same time (2008/2009) and we are often invited to events, where we find ourselves clubbed together as we are interested in the same topics. Amish often jokes that I am his 'brother from another mother'." Of course, the chance encounter resulted in much bonhomie and laughter. "The sales lady was wondering if either of us was going to purchase anything or if we planned to use her shop to socialise!" laughed the author of The Krishna Key. So was there a sale, then, we enquired. "Yes, I asked Amish to help me pick a Shiva statue which he graciously did," continued Sanghi, adding, "Who better to help than the author of the Shiva Trilogy?" And thereby hung a tale....