The rituals revolving around the psychoactive cactus plant Pyote as much as the cult and controversies sorounding Peruvian-American writer Carlos Castaneda always intrigued me.After reading his books on shamanism, I got interested about the poisonous flower Dhootoora that's been known to the Bengalis for thousand years.I wrote a long verse in Bengali, named DhooturaFM, depicting the fall from grace of the native Bengali goddess, Dhutura!!
