Nectar in a Sieve is a literary work written in the mid-1900s. This work describes the effect that modernization and industrialization had on the peasant families of India. During this period many traditional values ​​had to be overturned by people to keep up with the changing times. Many farmers lost their land and many people starved due to poor harvests and rising commodity prices. This novel specifically describes the life of a woman, Rukmani, how her family was affected and the activities she and her family had to do to survive. This work is very effective in describing a woman's life at this time and will make you understand the difficulties these people had. There are several traditional values ​​that are passed down to an Indian couple which should be followed and carried forward. First of all, the biggest tradition is that parents choose who their children will marry. After discussing with the parents of another child, they choose who will marry. In the novel, Rukmani and Nathan's parents decided that they were good for each other, so they scheduled them to get married. After marriage, many of these values ​​are expected to carry forward into how family decisions are made and how things go. Done. The male is known as the authority figure of the family. An Indian woman has to respect what men say and basically let them run the show. That's not to say he has no responsibility, because that is wrong by all means. He has the responsibility of supporting the family and showing the children how to work the fields and support the family. It is essential for a woman to have sons to continue these traditions. Males are needed to work on farms to help support the family and, more importantly, to keep the farms up and running. In the case of Rukmani and Nathan, Rukmani had a little girl named Ira. This did not meet the standards of a typical Indian family, so she continued to try to have another baby but failed. In the following years he was unable to have children. When he realized that nothing was working, he secretly went to visit a doctor named Kenny.