Saras is an award-winning microbiologist racing to solve the world's plastic crisis. She trusts evidence, reason and hard work.

Until the visions get to be too much.

Without warning, she is pulled into vivid experiences that feel more real than dreams: fragments of a village, another lifetime, another love. As they become impossible to ignore, Saras fears she is losing her mind.

A chance encounter with Kiran, an enigmatic spiritual guide disguised as a fortune teller, changes everything. Instead of trying to stop the visions, he invites her to step deeper into them.

What unfolds is a journey across memory and myth. As Saras relives the intertwined stories of Shyam and Radhika alongside her own unresolved past, she is forced to confront questions no scientific training can answer.

What if some connections are not meant to become happy endings, but to transform us?

And what happens when the qualities we hide from the world are the very qualities needed to heal it?

Set between modern-day Bangalore and a mythic Indian village, The Lotus Koan is an upmarket literary novel that blends magical realism with emotional depth. It explores science and spirituality, ecological responsibility, family, music, and the lifelong journey from emotional armour to authentic presence.

Perfect for readers who enjoy reflective literary fiction with elements of magical realism, The Lotus Koan will appeal to fans of The Time Traveler's Wife, The Overstory, and stories that linger long after the final page.