Volume : 8, Issue : 10, OCT 2022
NECTAR IN A SIEVE (1954): RUKAMANI THE MOTHER FIGURE IN THE NOVEL OF KAMALA MARKANDAYA.
DR. NANDITA JAIN
Abstract
The novel brings to us the picture of the impoverished gruesome conditions, the human sufferings and degradation of landless peasantry of INDIA. The paper analyses the struggle of Rukmani, the protagonist, against catastrophes and hard challenges, accepting the irony of fate with serene dignity. Markandaya has placed RUKMANI ,the poor peasant on the highest pedestal of womanhood, that of a MOTHER embracing all joys and sorrows. The paper intents to bring out the importance of Rukmani as a MOTHER FIGURE in the Novel.
Keywords
HUMAN SUFFERING, LANDLESS PEASANTRY, IRONY OF FATE, HIGHEST PEDESTAL OF WOMANHOOD, MOTHERHOOD.
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