When Rukmani recalls running through her garden when she was pregnant, she says, "I realized I must have looked like a water buffalo, running in such a frenzy." In an extended simile, Rukmani remarks,
"Nature is like a wild animal that you have trained to work for you. So long as you are vigilant and walk warily with thought and care, so long will it give you its aid; but look away for an instant, be heedless or forgetful, and it has you by the throat."
During the festival of Deepavali, Rukmani watches in wonder at the brilliant fireworks, noting, "Now and then a rocket would tear into the sky, break and pour out its riches like precious jewels into the darkness."
"Nectar in a Sieve" was written by Kamala Markandaya and first published in 1954.
Nectar in a Sieve has 190 pages.
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The title "Nectar in a Sieve" symbolizes the idea of trying to grasp something precious and fleeting, only to have it slip through your fingers. The nectar represents sustenance, beauty, and sweetness, while the sieve represents the inevitable loss or inability to fully retain these qualities.
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He grows rice.
The epigraph for "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya can be found at the beginning of the book before the first chapter. It is a quote from the Bhagavad Gita, a sacred Hindu scripture.
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Arjun, Thambi, Murugan, Raja, Selvam, and Kuti.
Rural India, during a time when there was a lot of urban development in the land.
A span of about thirty years in the first half of the twentieth century