The Razor and The Wild Lotus

<p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The novelTHE RAZOR AND THE WILD LOTUS: A NOVEL OF LOVE AND</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>LONGING is the story of a LOVE----- deeppassionate and dedicatedto be</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>termed'a bond between two souls'.It's not something of the stock phrases likeI</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>'m mad about you orI have fallen for the babe.The protagonist or the</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>herobesotted by a bewitching beauty(as he calls his fairy-girl)goes on desperately</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>longing for her and wins an impossible battle in his life.Based on a real- life experience</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>the story narrates an epic saga of love between two opposite irreconcilables.It's</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>a ' love -in- reality' between a highly-qualifiedhigher-caste management boy(</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Casteism in Indian Perspective) and a smart intelligent and attractive school -girl</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>of eleventh standardbelonging to a lower -castewith a low-esteem in society.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>They both are involved in a life- long crusade against the notorious caste system.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Drawn to each otherthe duo go for a hasty marriage against all oddsbutfrom</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>the very day of their marriagethey are humiliatedhis family harassedand</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>they are virtually hounded by supporters of caste -supremacy.Clashes ensue</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>between communities instigated by this single incident.The boy's parents</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>refuse to accept the girl and she is magically vanished from the map of the</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>world of the boy.Exasperated after failing a massive searchthe boy leaves</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>homehis employmentand one dayout of a desperationsits for the UPSC</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>examinationpasses out and joins the rigorous training for Indian Police Service</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>which he successfully clears and gets posted as an Additional Superintendent</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>of Police in a hilly region.Here he meets a batchmateBidishahis silent</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>admirerthough the deep wounds in the boy's heart doesn't sustain the relation.To</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>his tragedyBidisha dies in a combat -operationleaving for the boy further wounds.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>One fine morning hewhile being escorted to the markethe is surprised to</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>discover his bewitching girl' as a teacher in a missionary school.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p>