The novel,"THE RAZOR AND THE WILD LOTUS: A NOVEL OF LOVE ANDLONGING" is the story of a LOVE----- deep, passionate, and dedicated, to betermeda bond between two souls.Its not something of the stock phrases like"Im 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.Itsa 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 boys 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 boys heart doesnt 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.