Plight of the Peasant Woman, Rukmani in Kamala Markandaya’s Novel ‘NECTAR IN A SIEVE’

Abstract

Kamala Markandaya is a well-known and gifted woman novelist who has a realistic approach to rural life and plight of peasantry class.   She has depicted all the hardships and miseries faced by Rukmani, the peasant woman character in the novel ‘Nectar in a Sieve’. However, she does not take sides with any of her protagonists. But she feels the pain of inhumanity and believes in the betterment of human life. Being the rooted in the Indian soil and ethos, she has a subtle social purpose to awaken the peasantry class through the character of Rukmani who represents all peasant women of Indian society residing in rural areas. Thus, the present research paper highlights the deeply rooted facts about peasant women through the portrayal of Rumani’s character in the Novel ‘Nectar in a Sieve’.