The novel confirms the viewpoints of most of the renowned ecofeminists that women are invested with a mission to save and nurture nature. Chris Cuomo, an American ecofeminist, observes, “Environmental ethics can benefit by incorporating feminist insights on the limitations of traditional philosophical conceptions of ethics”. Feminism and ecological communities. London: Routledge Publication., p. i). This key feature of ecofeminism can be studied through Rukmani, the principal protagonist of the novel who, as representative of the third world woman peasant, is very much associated with nature. The novel centers on Rukmani; she marries Nathan, a tenant farmer, poor in a material sense but rich in love and care. In the novel, Rukmani is strongly associated with nature; she nurtures and cares the field like her own child. The tannery, in her experience, is a catastrophe that falls upon the village, not only disturbing the simple, primitive, traditional, agrarian oriented families, but also the pastoral land of the village.