The couple
Kali
Ponna
The novel starts with planting of a sapling.Kali plants it infront of the house, whose house? Ponna's house
the couple leads a childless life
Ponna is indirectly induced to inseminate herself by the mockery of the society with the non approval of her husband Kali but the approval of her mother, motherinlaw and brother.
End is what is given above
But the tempo is superb with the language of the region