Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya and Deepa Mehta's Water are two Indian media that share the same general meaning, however different the circumstances and reaction may be to them Being. The creators have taken fairly, but not entirely similar, paths in their lives. Both works of art revolve around women who must overcome the challenge of change to be better in life, whatever path and form it takes shape in. Nectar in a Sieve's message was much more accepted by the public, perhaps due to its target audience. . Deepa Mehta's Water, meant for Indian viewers, has caused death threats and riots, among other things. Both the creators of the novel and the film are similar in more ways than one. Kamala Markandaya was an Indo-British writer, whose work seemed to revolve around two parts of twentieth-century Indian history: "Early Anglophone writings on the independence movement... and then a leap of several decades to the post-Russian era ". (George) She was born in Mysore, India, in 1924 and had attended Madras University and studied history, and had also worked as a journalist before the publication of her first novel, Nectar in a Sieve. (Assisi) Deepa Mehta, however, was born in the midst of Markandaya's time as a journalist, one similarity being that they both attended universities with specializations that have nothing to do with writing or cinema, the things of Marandaya and I Mehta are known respectively. Mehta was born in 1949 and earned a bachelor's and master's degree in philosophy. (Post) Both women were born, raised and educated in India. However, they both went to live in different places. Markandaya had been living in England since he was twenty-five... middle of paper... a changing world, but one remains oppressed by certain groups while the other basks in fame. Although both of these pieces convey the same message, there is no doubt that the world has changed and the people of the world should go along with it. Works Cited Assisi, Francis C. "Homage to Kamale Markandaya." Beilharz. Np, nd Web. March 1, 2014. George, Rosemary M. “Where the Hell Did Kamala Markandaya Go?” Novel: a forum on fiction. Providence: Brown University., n.d. 400-09. Print.Kumar, Virendra and Sarita Kanth. "Bride on Fire." Lancet 364.(2004): 18-19. Premier of academic research. Network. March 10, 2014.Markandaya, Kamala. Nectar in a sieve. Columbus, Ohio: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 1954. Print."Mehta, Deepa." Postcolonial Studies Emory. Np, nd Web. March 10, 2014.Water. Dir. Deepa Mehta. Deepa Mehta Film, 2005. DVD.