I'm pretty sure it is Theme.
Theme is the central topic of the text. passage, story, or anything else. So it may possibly also be the same for the underlying meaning and universal truth...but again, I am not sure.
Answer:
The amount of gifts you would receive would be 78 gift's.
Explanation:
The way that I got 78 was by I added all the 12 number's which would be <em>12+11+10+9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1=78 I know they are those number's because each time there was a gift added and it would not be 12 because those where the amount of day's the gift's were gifted.</em>
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<h3><em> -Hope it helps you </em></h3>
In Nectar in a Sieve, Rukmani marries a tenant farmer of the Vaishyas class.
According to the sacred book of Vedas, there is a rigid system of social groups categorized into four classes:
a) Brahmin, which includes the priests
b) Kshatriyas, which includes the rulers and the warriors.
c) Vaishyas, which include the farmers, traders or merchants.
d) Sudras, which includes the labors and untouchables (Harijan/Dalits)
The story takes place during the Great Depression.
