Document Abstract
Shobha De’s woman goes all out in enjoying the status as the new modern woman.
They shatter the age old concept of the traditional Indian woman with their assertive,
individualistic and carefree attitude towards life. In this new image, the new woman have
got extreme independence in almost every field and one of the most striking and interesting
freedoms they enjoy is sexual freedom. A new sexual practice is adopted by De’s woman,
i.e. Lesbianism. Her novels present life-like situations of individuals belonging to the rich
and powerful upper class of modern Mumbai, a prominent Asiatic metropolis which is
culturally at par with its western counterparts like London or New York.