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A Handful of Rice is the fifth novel of kamala Markandaya. It was published in 1966. The novel consists of forty chapters. It is absorbing and interesting. The novel also realistically deals with the problem of grow population and accommodation. In the beginning Ravi has no place to live, he sleeps either in a park or n the pavement frontage of a coffee house. When Ravi first goes to Apu’s house he feels that an army has encamped in the house. After his marriage he has to share his room with others. Ravi’s father has a big family. Apu also has a large family. Nalini and Thangam bear many children. Generation gap is posing a problem to our society. There is a smaller amount love, concord and understanding between the elderly and youthful generation. The younger generation is now radical and insubordinate. Mostly the people in India want to have a ale child. Ravi also desires for a child, “preferably a son rather than a daughter.” Besides it, many aspects of city and village life are faithfully treated in the novel.
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Gender, masculinity, femininity, sexual role,
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"THE INTERFACE BETWEEN GENDER ISSUES AND HUMAN VALUES IN KAMALA MARKANDAYA’S A HANDFUL OF RICE", International Journal of Novel Research and Development (www.ijnrd.org), ISSN:2456-4184, Vol.8, Issue 7, page no.d792-d794, July-2023, Available :http://www.ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2307390.pdf
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