Bharati Mukherjee Writes About Issues Related to Women. She Reflects on the Problem of Assimilation and Alienation. the Theme of Search of Identity Is Prevalent In the Novel. It Is a Story About a Young Girl Named Jasmine Whose Destiny Takes Her from India to the United States. the Novel Reveals How Jasmine As an Outsider, the Female Protagonist, Strives to Shape Her Identity to Fit In the Main Stream. She Constantly Shifts from One Identity to Another and Finally Sets Herself into an Alien Country. She Portrays an Image of the Indian Woman Who Shows Her Strong Spirit Not Only In India But Also In Foreign Land.