Read Around the World: Nepal

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Our November title is The Guru of Love by Samrat Upadhyay

Ramchandra, a math tutor, engages in an illicit affair with one of his tutees. She provides for him what his wife, who comes from a privileged background, does not: desire, mystery, and a simpler life. Complicating matters are various political concerns and a small city bursting with the conflicts of modernization, a static government, and a changing population. Just as the city must contain its growing needs, so must Ramchandra learn to accommodate both tradition and his very modern desires.