Nectar in a Sieve

By examining the two characters and actions in Nectar in a Sieve, it's clear that the caste system plays an important part in the influencing the people's lives and decisions that they make.

The main action that influences Rukmani's and nathan's lives and decision they make in the tannery. A while after the tannery was built Nathan's landowner forced him to give up his land because they were going to give it to the tannery. Since Nathan was only a farmer he could'nt do anything about it because the landowner was higher in class than he was. Nathan and his family was forced to live without a home.

When Nathan and Rukmani go to find there son they meet a boy named Pullis. He looks half starved to death. This is because he is in a lower class than the other people in his village and can't fend for himself. Pullis has to beg for money, so he can buy food to stay alive. Now if he was in a higher class he could live like a child is supposed to and become as healthy as he can.

After Rukmani has her last child, Kuti, there is a drought. Irrawaddy goes into prostitution so that Kuti can get better again. Since Rukmani and her husband has no money to provide food. But if they were in a higher class, they would have had enough money to keep Kuti alive. Instead of him dying out of starvation.

These are just a few of the examples about the caste system through out Nectar in a Sieve that show the caste system impacting/influencing people's lives.