Karmelin Is The Moving Saga Of A Young Orphaned Girl�S Trials And Tribulations And Of Her Attempt To Break Free From The Shackles Of Poverty, And As She Grows Older, To Bring Up Her Daughter In A Small Gossip-Ridden Village In South Goa With Dignity And Self-Respect. The Novel Follows The Fortunes Of Karmelin, The Protagonist Who, Let Down By A Drunken Wastrel Of A Husband And Pursued By Poverty, Bravely Maps Her Own Destiny. She Is Eventually Compelled To Work As A Maid In Kuwait To Ensure A Better Future For Her Family And To Repay Old Debts.