Thematic Reality in the Fiction of Kamala Markandaya

Abstract

Actually Kamala Markandaya’s fiction is very large and see never repeats herself in her novels. There is a sense of thematic reality in his fiction and most of them are related to political, cultural, social, spiritual, economic and artistic contents. She always gave a particular focus on social realism in her novels ‘Nectar in a Sieve’and ‘A Handful of Rice’. Therefore, she occupies a very dominant place among Indian-English novelists. Poverty, Hunger and Starvation have always been some main themes of her novels. She has acquired a great reputation among Indian novelists as well as English Novelists. Being a women novelist, she has always been very sensible & sincere while performing her duty as a novelist. The present research paper highlights the thematic reality of her fiction.