
“HELLRAISER meets SNATCH” **WINNER – HWA DIVERSITY GRANT** “Very gritty and grunge. Does not pull punches. Phantom stuff!” - Bhaskar Chattopadhyay (Author and Translator) “Read Bhang Milkha Bhang for a ride through space and time and the narrow, eerie, lanes of the human mind.” - Anukriti Pandey (Screenwriter) BOOK *A millennial trying to break the shackles of caste and sexual orientation* *An anxiety-ridden NCB officer advocating CBD and spirituality* *An ambitious woman entangled in an abusive marriage* *A balding educational consultant playing assassin by the night* *An eccentric narco looking for his deal of a lifetime* What brings them together? Chirasthayi Bhang – an unknown species of cannabis which has historically been protected by a lineage of monks has suddenly appeared in Mumbai’s drug underbelly. Rumor has it that it reverses biological processes – and almost everyone wants it. What follows is a high-stakes tussle between a group of highly peculiar but dangerous individuals for the mythical treasure, where each is prepared to put a lot up for gamble to obtain that which was previously considered unobtainable. Before long, things start getting messy – messier than anyone could possibly imagine. To what extent would one go to get something that was already lost forever?
Author

Tejaswi Priyadarshi is a dreamer in the crime-thriller/horror genre. He derives inspiration from Stephen King, Michael Crichton, Takashi Miike, Alexandre Aja, Eli Roth, Quentin Tarantino, and the Ramsay Brothers. His first book - The Psychopath, The Cannibal, The Lover is a splatterpunk thriller and India’s first recipient of the Horror Writer Association Diversity Grant. It released in July 2020, and has since remained on multiple bestselling charts, scaling its way up to be one of India’s highest rated Horror Thrillers. Bhang Milkha Bhang is his second novel, and his attempt to transcend genres - working with Crime, Thriller, Social Satire, and Horror. Tejaswi is a marketer and an engineer and is currently based out of Bangalore. Outside of work, you can find him writing fiction at a bar counter, appreciating Independent Pop music gigs, and holding screenings of all subgenres of horror/thrillers. However, nobody knows why he adamantly screens Purani Haveli so often. E -mail him at tejaswi.priyadarshi@gmail.com if you want to discuss anything under the sun; “How to Prep for a Zombie Apocalypse” is his favourite topic, because, what if!