Love and other gods : adventures through psychosis / Michael Nangla.

"Michael Nangla was the first of his family to be born in England and always felt torn between cultures; that of his mother's land and the country he grew up in. Experiencing freedom for the first time at university, he enters a world of intimate encounters and heartbreak. Following several rejections, Michael meets Anarkali, who finally returns his love, but his idolisation of her pushes him to lose his grip on reality. He descends into a terrifying psychosis and vivid hallucinations lead him to being hospitalised. Finding Western medicine ineffective, he returns to his parents' homeland, seeking help from an Indian mystic. Seemingly cured, he returns to his life, but this is not the end of his journey through mental health."--From back cover.