Nectar in a Sieve

of concern in their fictional world. Kamala Markandaya (1924-2004) is unquestionably one of the most popular Indian women novelists in English of post-independence period. She won fame and success with the publication of her very first novel ‘Nectar in a Sieve’ in 1954. Rukmani…

In the Indian social tradition of marriage, there continue a conflict between tradition and modernity. Markandaya’s Nectar in a Sieve depicts the traditional approach of the Indian women towards marriage. The protagonist Rukmani seems to conform to the established image of women personified in the mythical figures of Sita and Savitri who silently bear all hardships and remain…

After analyzing novels, films, and articles we went over in class I have a completely different view on dowry and how it impacts Indian culture. Dowry is where property or money is brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage. In Nectar in a Sieve dowry is a problem for Ruku because her family is poor she has to marry beneath her. A larger dowry is thought to secure a better husband and allow the bride to have better treatment when she leaves her natal home. Which is why Ruku does her…

the same country. In the countries of India and China the role of the women is quite similar. In the readings of Nectar in a sieve and Balzac and The little chinese seamstress. Both readings correlate…

To be truly radical is to make hope possible, rather than despair convincing. – Raymond Williams A Marxist reading of “Work Without Hope” The themes of productivity, alienation, class struggle and hegemony are revealed in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem “Work Without Hope”. The first stanza depicts a natural world busy at work and this work is part of a natural process. “All Nature seems at work”; bees and birds are considered productive organisms and a Marxist reading could view this natural…

Kamala Markandaya occupies a prominent place among Indian English novelists. She won international fame and recognition with a publication offer very first novel, Nectar in a sieve in 1954. When she started writing novels, the themes hunger and degradation, human relationships, east – west encounter had already been dealt with by a number of Indian/English novelists. But Kamala Markandaya provides variety and vividness to these themes. In her all the novels these themes are reflected in the life…

In Kamala Markandaya’s Nectar in a Sieve, Hunger and Suffering play prime characters in the story and are prevalent everywhere. One might argue that these central ideas in the novel are not characters and simply just ideas apparent in the novel, but characters can be defined by their actions, their importance to the story, and the way they develop. As the novel progresses, Hunger and Suffering begin to have a huge toll on the characters. Suffering, especially, plays a large role in Ruku’s…

or given to someone? These kinds of questions are answered in the following books: Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity by Ronald Sider; The Travels of a T-shirt in the Global Economy by Pietra Rivoli; and, Nectar In A Sieve by Kamala Markandaya.…

Poverty, hunger, starvation and women injustices were everywhere. It goes to Kamala Markandaya’s credit that she uses fiction as a vehicle for communicating her feminine vision.” (Bhatnagar 55) Her first novel Nectar in a Sieve (1954) is a realistic picture of rural Indians and their cultural and traditional values. The female protagonist of the novel, Rukmini suffers a lot in the journey of the life. The novel focuses on the harsh reality of life. Rukmini’s daughter…

book “Inheritance of loss” was appreciated by the critics throughout Asia, Europe and the United States. Kiran Desai has won the man booker prize fellowship by the American academy. Kamala Markandeya was also the great of Indian women writers. Nectar in a sieve is her debut novel. It depicts the rustic India and sufferings of farmers. Her novels explain the problems of Indian’s ordinary middle-class life and the effects of the modern technology on the people’s lives. Ruskin bond’s works are…