Kamala Markandaya's Nector and Seive
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The Indian Woman in Kamala Markandaya
For a long time, the woman has assumed a secondary role in the first generation of Indian English male writing such as R.K.Narayan, Raja Rao, Mulk Raj Anand. Indeed, R.K.Narayan 's heroine, Rosie, in his novel 'The Guide ' is viewed only in relation to the main protagonist, Raju and Raju 's mother is confined to a very secondary position. It is only through the advent of the rise in fiction by Indian women writers that the woman has been able to assume a major role in the novel. Many of the Indian women novelists focus on women 's issues; they have a woman 's perspective on the world. This has allowed them to create their own world. It has made it possible for the women writers to set the conditions of existence, free from the direct interference of men.
Among the different Indian women writers who have made the female character their main preoccupation is Kamala Markandaya. In her novel 'Nectar in a Sieve ', the central consciousness is that of a woman. This novel is characterized by a fine feminine sensibility. Kamala Markandaya is an expatriate writer, living in London. Born and educated in India her personality has developed within the Indian cultural ethos. Kamala Markandaya 's acquaintance with Indian life is as authentic as her u
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By allowing Rukmani to be the narrator, Kamala Markandaya allows the Indian woman to show her own point of view. The first person narration encourages the reader to identify himself with the thought process of the Indian woman and to better understand her perspective. The highly intellectual responses of Rukmani on the evil effects of the industrialization and her philosophical broodings over the death of the old woman and
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The Indian Woman in Kamala Markandaya
For a long time, the woman has assumed a secondary role in the first generation of Indian English male writing such as R.K.Narayan, Raja Rao, Mulk Raj Anand. Indeed, R.K.Narayan 's heroine, Rosie, in his novel 'The Guide ' is viewed only in relation to the main protagonist, Raju and Raju 's mother is confined to a very secondary position. It is only through the advent of the rise in fiction by Indian women writers that the woman has been able to assume a major role in the novel. Many of the Indian women novelists focus on women 's issues; they have a woman 's perspective on the world. This has allowed them to create their own world. It has made it possible for the women writers to set the conditions of existence, free from the direct interference of men.
Among the different Indian women writers who have made the female character their main preoccupation is Kamala Markandaya. In her novel 'Nectar in a Sieve ', the central consciousness is that of a woman. This novel is characterized by a fine feminine sensibility. Kamala Markandaya is an expatriate writer, living in London. Born and educated in India her personality has developed within the Indian cultural ethos. Kamala Markandaya 's acquaintance with Indian life is as authentic as her u
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By allowing Rukmani to be the narrator, Kamala Markandaya allows the Indian woman to show her own point of view. The first person narration encourages the reader to identify himself with the thought process of the Indian woman and to better understand her perspective. The highly intellectual responses of Rukmani on the evil effects of the industrialization and her philosophical broodings over the death of the old woman and
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