Description
In a rapidly changing city of industrial India, a young peasant’s son, Ravi, is pulled into the harsh realities of urban life—where work is scarce, wages are thin, and hunger can arrive without warning. As he navigates the lives of those around him, the story traces how poverty, overpopulation, and unemployment grind down dignity, turning everyday survival into a daily negotiation with an indifferent society. With Markandaya’s clear-eyed, compassionate realism, the narrative blends intimate character moments with a wider social critique of starvation and the loss of human values amid modernization. Told through Ravi’s disobedient, searching perspective, this is a compelling account of endurance and moral awakening in the face of systemic cruelty.
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paperback
Orient Paperbacks
Published Jan 1, 1985
244 pages
ISBN: 9788122201352
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Details
First Published
1966
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for A Handful of Rice by Kamala Markandaya.