| 'A racy and entertaining account of
a romp through an ever-changing yet timeless India… wild, witty and wicked - but not in the least sentimental!' - Ruskin Bond |
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| The below is an abbreviated version of the synopsis I sent to publishers when I was pitching my book: | ||
What do you do when you are a 25-year-old Yale graduate earning half a million dollars a year as a hotshot investment banker on Wall Street? You stay the course, and become a millionaire by thirty, of course. Not if you are Samrat Ratan, born in the USA to immigrant Indian parents; you quit and embark to India on a search for your roots instead. Samrat’s roller coaster journey in India starts from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Bangalore, and almost ends in an Indian prison cell where he is jailed for possession of marijuana. Along the way, he develops a dangerous, all-consuming drug addiction; meditates stoned in the foothills of the Himalayas; encounters flesh-eating Aghoree saints on the banks of the Ganges in Benares; indulges in a bizarre one-night stand with a Danish hippie in Dharamsala; and has many other mystical, surreal Indian adventures. Does Samrat – Yale valedictorian, investment banker, convict, drug addict – survive to tell this crazy tale? Read Karan Bajaj's hilarious, yet introspective debut novel, ‘Keep off the Grass’ to find out. |
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