Question

Which of the following is the BEST theme of our text Nectar in a Sieve?

Out with the old and in with the new.


Love can overcome all obstacles.


Tradition giving way to modernity has both positive and negative consequences


The struggle to find faith is a difficult one but will ultimately be worth the fight.

Answer 1

Out with the old and in with the new is the best statement which describes the theme of Nectar in a Sieve.

Answer: Option A

Step-by-step explanation:

The literature ‘Nectar in Sieve’ emphasizes that changes are inevitable. If one must survive, they must accept the changes happening around them. They should change and transform themselves accordingly to the surroundings they are in.

In this literature, when the world transforms from traditional into moderns society, where rural and agriculture areas change to industries, the characters also transform. To survive, each character has to endure the sufferings and change them accordingly.

Answer 2

The answer would be the second option - love can overcome all obstacles. Nectar in a Sieve is a 1954 novel by Kamala Markandaya. The novel is set in India amid a time of serious urban advancement and is the account of the marriage between Rukmani, most youthful girl of a town headman, and Nathan, a sharecropper. The story is told in the principal individual by Rukmani, starting from her orchestrated marriage to Nathan at 12 years old to his demise numerous years after the fact.