Role Of Loss In Kamala Markandaya's Nectar In A Sieve

Loss was a major part of the book Nectar in a Sieve, by Kamala Markandaya, and was highly influenced by the Europeans bringing it into India. First, the tannery caused many problems for the Indian culture. Many people diffused to India and around the tannery. With so many cultures diffusing into the country, it caused the Indian culture to start to decay and for cultural appropriation to occur. Not only did the culture slowly go away, but people were killed or died from the tannery. Next, because of inflammation, prices started to rise. The land was in high demand. Everyone wanted to live there because of the job opportunities and because of the cultural landscape. Prices of items, especially food, were greatly increased. Lastly, many people lost their land. Because of inflammation from the Europeans bringing the tannery to India, the price of land went
People couldn’t afford their land anymore because they weren’t making a profit off of their crops because nothing would grow. The weather conditions were so bad, that it either drowned the crops from a flood or all the soil dried up because of a drought. Europeans had a negative influence when they came to India and ruined many of their traditions and customs. The Europeans influenced the cultural change in the book and impacted the amount of loss in the book. “Townspeople,” Kali whispered to me. “They say they have travelled more than a hundred miles to get here”(Markandaya,28). This quote is connecting to where in the book they talked about the new people that were drawn to living near the tannery because of the pull factor. The tannery brought in the new cultures and many new kinds of people. This caused a loss of culture and customs. "What is it that calls you?" I said. "Is it gold? Although we have none, remember that money isn’t everything."(50) Prices were rising quickly and it