Symbolism In Kamala Markandaya's Sucttar In A Sieve

Kamala Markandaya is one of the well-known Indian Women novelists writing in
English. She won international fame and recognition with the publication of her maiden novel
Nectar in a Sieve. In Nectar in a Sieve Kamala Markandaya Spotlights the despair of the farmers realistically. They are desperate because of the vagaries of natural calamities, the resultant constant hunger, ruthless machines and heartless men. When an Indian village is on the threshold of industrialization, the peasant community suffers both physically and mentally. Nathan and
Rukmani are representatives of millions of tenant farmers in India and their life is an example of the havoc caused by industrialization. The whole novel thus reveals the story of an Indian village shaken to its roots by the onslaught of modernization. Nectar

This was so because it symbolizes rural India and Nathan and Rukmani symbolize the Indian farmer and the tragedy of rural India. Nectar in a Sieve captures the effects of social upheavals on its characters. Markandaya’s themes depict her tragic vision of life.
Kamala Markandaya (1924 – 16 May 2004) was a pseudonym used by Kamala Purnaiya Taylor, an Indian novelist and journalist. A native of Mysore. amala Markandaya had great hopes for India. Her most famous novel,Nectar in a Sieve, told the story of a woman who faced incredible hardships yet never ceased to dream of a better life. Nectar, which takes its title from a poem by Samuel Coleridge, is typical of Markandaya’s forward-thinking perspective. It became an instant classic and a staple of college literature coursework. Drawing comparisons to Thomas Hardy’s novels, Nectar in a Sieve is anchored by a strong female character. The protagonist’s optimism serves dual purposes. It allows Markandaya the writer to imagine a better future both for the characters and the country, yet it also renders the realities and disappointments all the more real in light of such blind