The protagonist's husband in blackmailed into thinking he fathered two illegitimate children and a severe drought forces her to sell her best clothes to Biswas.
The protagonist's husband in blackmailed into thinking he fathered two illegitimate children and a severe drought forces her to sell her best clothes to Biswas. The dried-up mango wreath symbolizes the hard times that are to come in this novel, which contrasts Kali's largeness and outspoken demeanor with the frail physique of the homeless Janaki. Even though the protagonist's literacy (*) allows her to feel superior to these two women, she finds herself at the mercy of the bill-collector Sivaji early on. Later, she must won over the scheming Kunthi, but much of the novel focuses the protagonist's search of her missing son Murugan which forces her to become a temple beggar. The novel ends with the death of her husband Nathan and a return to the village with the leper boy Puli. FTP, name this work about the struggles of the Indian peasant woman Rukmani, the best-known work of Kamala Markandaya.
The protagonist's husband in blackmailed into thinking he fathered two illegitimate children and a severe drought forces her to sell her best clothes to Biswas.
{Nectar in a Sieve}