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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 is 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 the government seizing farmers' land. Without this, land farmers were not able to grow and produce crops to sell 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 agricultural way of life was all they were taught was hard for farmers to adapt to the new industrialized changes. The book follows the 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 added stress this made on his life.