Nectar in a Sieve | Overview
Nectar in a Sieve centers around Rukmani, an Indian peasant woman, and her family: her husband, Nathan; her daughter, Irawaddy; and six sons. Rukmani enters into the farming life and comes to the rural south Indian village at the age of twelve, when her parents give her hand in marriage to a tenant farmer with no money or status in life but with a good heart and a determination to succeed. Rukmani devotes herself to Nathan and he to her, and together they engage in a constant battle against poverty and hardship. Though they live on rented land, Nathan is proud to work it; when...
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