The novel,"THE RAZOR AND THE WILD LOTUS: A NOVEL OF LOVE ANDLONGING" is the story of a LOVE----- deep,passionate, and dedicated,to betermed'a bond between two souls'. It's not something of the stock phrases like""I'm mad about you"" or""I have fallen for the babe"".

The protagonist or thehero,besotted by a bewitching beauty(as he calls his fairy-girl),goes on desperatelylonging for her and wins an impossible battle in his life. Based on a real- life experience,the story narrates an epic saga of love between two opposite irreconcilables.

It'sa ' love -in- reality' between a highly-qualified,higher-caste management boy(Casteism in Indian Perspective) and a smart, intelligent and attractive school -girlof eleventh standard,belonging to a lower -caste,with a low-esteem in society. They both are involved in a life- long crusade against the notorious caste system.

Drawn to each other,the duo go for a hasty marriage against all odds,but,fromthe very day of their marriage,they are humiliated,his family harassed,andthey are virtually hounded by supporters of caste -supremacy. Clashes ensuebetween communities instigated by this single incident.

The boy's parentsrefuse to accept the girl and she is magically vanished from the map of theworld of the boy. Exasperated after failing a massive search,the boy leaveshome,his employment,and one day,out of a desperation,sits for the UPSCexamination,passes out and joins the rigorous training for Indian Police Servicewhich he successfully clears and gets posted as an Additional Superintendentof Police in a hilly region.

Here he meets a batchmate,Bidisha,his silentadmirer,though the deep wounds in the boy's heart doesn't sustain the relation. Tohis tragedy,Bidisha dies in a combat -operation,leaving for the boy, further wounds.

One fine morning, he,while being escorted to the market,he is surprised todiscover his ""bewitching girl' as a teacher in a missionary school. .