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Nectar in a Sieve was a novel which was written by Kamala Markandaya. “Markandaya was a pioneer who influenced all of us Indians Writing in English” said by Shasi Tharoor. This novel was sets in two different places. The first place was sets in rural background and the second place was sets in the urban background. This novel also portrays about the effects of post colonialism, because this novel clearly portrays about the problems faced by the people in that village people due to post colonialism. The person who plays as a post colonial figure was Dr Kennington and the thing that denotes the post colonial figure was the tannery industry which means the skin industry. The effect of post colonialism was takes place to Rukmani’s family, because her family only faced lots and lots of problems due to post colonialism. Before the colonisation takes place in that village Rukmani and her family lives a happy life with their own agricultural land but when the colonisation takes place in that village the happy life of Rukmani’s family got disappeared. After the colonisation Rukmani lead a painful tragic life. Her daughter Irawali involves herself into prostitution. Through prostitution she gave birth to the child called Sacrabani. Her son Raja was died due to the tannery industry and another son Kutti was died due to the deficiency of vitamins. Her one of the son Murugan moves to urban side and lives an awkward life. The tragic end of Rukmani’s life was she lost her husband Nathan in urban side and she lived her life with her prostitute daughter Irawali and her son Sacrabani and her one of the son Selvam adapted child puli.

Post Colonialism, Cultural Conflicts, East and Western Culture.

"The facets of post colonialism in Kamala Markandaya's Nectar in a Sieve", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.36-46, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904206.pdf

"The facets of post colonialism in Kamala 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.6, Issue 4, page no. pp36-46, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904206.pdf