This beautiful and eloquent story tells of a simple peasant woman in a primitive village in India whose whole life was a gallant and persistent battle to care for those she loved.

Nectar in a Sieve with Related Readings

Literature & Fiction

Kamala Markandaya

Literary

Glencoe/McGraw-Hill

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Nectar in a sieve tells the tales of joy and tragedy from a first persons view, in a period of intense urban development in the country a fictional story that foretells the life of rukmani, daughter of a village headman and her lover, nathan, a tenant farmer, to whom she gets married at the age of 12 an english doctor by the name of kenny also plays a major role in the story as he rids her of her infertility issues, after which she bears five sons rukmani and nathan also have a problem with debt they sell most of their possessions in order to clear the dues they owe to the landowner, only to be able to clear only half of the full amount on the year of their marriage, monsoon rains down on the fields and they lose their crops, their only means of livelihood, leaving them to rely on their savings and wages the savings dont hold up for long and they soon run out of their resources, bringing them a step closer towards famine and death its a heart wrenching tale of joy and sorrow this book

Nectar In A Sieve [Paperback] [Apr 24, 2009] KAMALA MARKANDAYA

Penguin books.India

Two Virgins

She tossed and turned, her body an alien creature full of strange, strong impulses beyond her control. Saroja lives in a village with her parents, aunt and beautiful elder sister Lalitha. Saroja s life is uncomplicated, and simple things give her joy like the birth of a calf or a taste of one of Chingleput s sweets. Lalitha, on the other hand, believes she is too good for the village. Ambitious and spoilt, she has dreams of being a movie star that are fulfilled when a film-maker casts her in his documentary on village life. Overnight Lalitha becomes the talk of the town; her latent sexuality manifests itself and she uses her elevated status to her advantage. Basking in Lalitha s reflected glory Saroja tries to imitate her womanly wiles, which results in confused ideas about sexuality and ambition. But when the family is faced with a scandal, Saroja emerges with a practical outlook on life.

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Peacock Books

He was not himself because his wife was not herself, because in marriage you acted and reacted one upon the other, however much you wished it otherwise, and whether you wanted to or no' dandekar is a routine-bound government clerk who is able to provide his family with a comfortable life but his ordered existence is thrown off course when, one day, he comes home from work to find his wife, sarojini, missing on her return she gives him an excuse for her disappearance which he realizes is a lie, further rousing his suspicions doubt and mistrust plague him and he puts his career in jeopardy when he begins to trail sarojini in the hope that he might find her with another man but when he stumbles across the truth he gets more than he bargained for in a silence of desire kamala markandaya explores the tension between the east and the west-between superstition and science, faith and reason, tradition and progress-in a profound manner

A Silence Of Desire

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This beautiful and eloquent story tells of a simple peasant woman in a primitive village in India whose whole life was a gallant and persistent battle to care for those she loved.

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Nectar in a Sieve with Related Readings

Nectar in a Sieve and Related Readings: Instructors Guide (The Glencoe Literature Library)

Nectar In A Sieve [Paperback] [Apr 24, 2009] KAMALA MARKANDAYA

Two Virgins

A Silence Of Desire

Two Virgins

Nectar in a Sieve