Tripping on the high road

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Bhang Journeys

Author: Akshaya Bahibala

Publisher: Speaking Tiger

Price: Rs 299   

Pages: 176

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“Ten years go by like this. You wake up. You roll a joint. You smoke it. You go to the beach. You meet a bunch of friends, old friends, joint friends, and sometimes a few hippies, White folk. You roll some more joints. Or fill and fire some chillums. You drink some beer or swig Old Monk rum and hang out at the beach or under a banyan tree and you smoke. Rinse. Repeat.”

So begins Bhang Journeys by Akshaya Bahibala as he chronicles his addiction to marijuana and writes