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Abstract
Kamala Markandaya’s cult novel Nectar in a Sieve is set in an unnamed village of South India. Her novel, that mirrors an Indian society, can be read in the light of Marxism. Drawing on Marxist terms—base and superstructure— this paper will discuss how economic exploitation leads to the disintegration of a heterosexual family. My paper will adopt the aforementioned theoretical framework to examine how the narrative addresses the advent of industrialization. It will argue that Kamala Markandaya upholds the agrarian society and is critical of Western capitalism.