In Nectar and a Sieve it was about Indian women who lived in a village where she went through some struggles with her family. In the novel you could find some important, powerful motifs and symbols.
Struggle was a powerful motif in nectar in a sieve .rice being the perfect symbols I would say represented the fact that they weren’t accessed too much food due to the condition of their finances also tragic seasons of weather. This was huge struggle for them. Kunti was someone who was able to actually threaten and blackmail ruku and her family with rice .that shows how much they value the rice. There was nothing else left but them and their rice in order to survive and they even went through a grief time when they lost their son due to starvation.
Struggle was a powerful motif in nectar in a sieve .rice being the perfect symbols I would say represented the fact that they weren’t accessed too much food due to the condition of their finances also tragic seasons of weather. This was huge struggle for them. Kunti was someone who was able to actually threaten and blackmail ruku and her family with rice .that shows how much they value the rice. There was nothing else left but them and their rice in order to survive and they even went through a grief time when they lost their son due to starvation.