Question

In at least one hundred words, describe life for India's tenant farmers at the time Nectar in a Sieve was written, and the impact of this reality on the setting of the book.

Answer 1

LIFE WAS RAPIDLY CHANGING FOR INDIAN FARMERS DURING THE TIME NECTAR IN A SIEVE WAS WRITTEN. THE EXPANSION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL AND INDUSTRIALIZATION INTRUDED TRAGICALLY ON THEIR TRADITIONAL FARMING LIFESTYLE. TRADITIONAL INDIAN LIVING INCLUDED TRADING CROPS, THIS HOW THEY CREATED AN INCOME, AND HOW THEY SUSTAINED THEIR LIFESTYLE; IT WAS ALL THEY KNEW. SO WHEN GREATER GOVERNMENTAL CONTROL EXPANDED TO INDIA, AND INDUSTRIALIZATION EXPANDED. THINGS STARTED HAPPENING LIKE GOVERNMENT SEIZING FARMERS LAND. WITHOUT THIS LAND FARMERS WERE NOT ABLE TO GROW AND PRODUCE CROPS TO SALE OR TRADE FOR THE THINGS THEY NEEDED TO SURVIVE. INCLUDING LESS FOOD TO EAT. SO FARMERS WERE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE AS ALL THESE NEW WAYS OF LIFE WERE INTRUDING ON THEIR TRADITIONAL LIFESTYLES, AND BECAUSE THE AGRICULTURE WAY OF LIFE WAS ALL THEY WERE TAUGHT IN WAS HARD FOR FARMERS TO ADAPT TO THE NEW INDUSTRIALIZED CHANGES. THE BOOK FOLLOWS ONE PERSONAL STORY OF A FARMER AND HIS PERSONAL STRUGGLE WITH ADAPTING TO THE CHANGING WORLD AROUND HIM. AS WELL AS IT IMPACTED HIS FAMILY AND THE ADDED STRESS THIS MADE ON LIFE.