For my third blog about a culture different from mine, I chose to write about the book Nectar in a Sieve. This book is written in India, so there are a few aspects of culture that differ from our society. The first I noticed was the time where Nathan killed the cobra when it scared Ruku. In our society this wouldn't be a big deal, but cobras are considered holy in their culture. This was a little bit of foreshadowing. After the cobra was killed there has been a drought, flooding, lack of food, and they have lost two children. The other aspect that is non-religious was the idea of arranged marriages. These marriages are supposed to match social classes together. For instance, the larger the dowry that you have, the higher you can marry in the social classes. These are two aspects of Indian culture that are different from ours.
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Markandaya, Kamala
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