• C. Blessy
• Dr. Priyanka Singh

Women are the significant element of our Society. The contemporary society has started recognizing the individual identity of women. She is supposed to have her ambition, abilities, and qualities as a man does have and it is also considered that she should have the opportunities to develop her faculties and to express them according to her own choice. Kamala Markandaya had great hopes for India. Her most famous novel, Nectar in a Sieve, told the story of a woman who faced implausible hardships yet never ceased to dream of a better life. Nectar, which takes its title from a poem by Samuel Coleridge, is typical of Markandaya’s forward-thinking perspective. Nectar in a Sieve is anchored by a strong female character. The protagonist’s optimism serves dual purposes. It allows Markandaya the writer to imagine a better future both for the characters and the country. "When women are empowered and can claim their rights and access to land, leadership, opportunities, and choices, economies grow, food security is enhanced and prospects are improved for current and future generations".(Michelle Bachelet - Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women)

Keywords: Women, Kamala Markandaya, Nectar in a Sieve, Hardships

"ROLE OF WOMEN IN SOCIETY AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO KAMLA MARKANDAYA'S ‘NECTAR IN A SIEVE'", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.719-720, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808584.pdf

"ROLE OF WOMEN IN SOCIETY AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO KAMLA MARKANDAYA'S ‘NECTAR IN A SIEVE'", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp719-720, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808584.pdf