Keep off the Grass by Karan Bajaj

Samrat's rollercoaster journey begins at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Bangalore, where he spends his time getting high on marijuana while his grades - and self-confidence - plummet. Soon, Samrat's quest for identity turns increasingly bizarre as it takes him places he hadn't planned on visiting - prison, for example - and makes him do things he hadn't banked on doing: 'meditating' stoned with a sexy Danish hippie in the Himalayas, hanging out with a cannibal on the banks of the Ganga, and peddling soap to the formidable Raja Bhaiya in Benares. Does Samrat - Yale valedictorian, investment banker, convict, pothead - survive his fall from grace?

Karan Bajaj is the author of Johnny
Gone Down (2010), and The
Seeker (2015), all of which were #1
bestsellers in India. He was
recognized as India Today's Top 35
Under 35 Indians and shortlisted for
the Indiaplaza Golden Quill,
Crossword Book Pick, and
Teacher's Achievement Awards
(Literary) among other honours