Anita Desai has become a prominent figure in the galaxy of Indian English women novelists. The novelist has given new dimensions to the literary world of society by delineating the inner beauty of her characters and by unraveling the imbroglio in which they are caught. The present study is a humble attempt to throw light on the most prevailing themes and problems of the time discussed in her pieces of art. The society of our time suffers a lot due to dislocation which Desai has penned in most

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... her works with consummate skill. Now-a-days most of the people feel alone, unrelated to others and are unable to share their feelings. These problems form the backbone of Anita Desai's themes in her novels. Anita Desai in the history of Indian Writing in English has become a prominent figure not because of any inventions in style or technique or treatment of extremely unusual themes but because of the portrayal of the pathetic condition of the highly sensitive woman in the insensitive world of callous people. As a shining star in the galaxy of Indian English novelists she has given new dimensions to the literary world of society by delineating the inner beauty of her characters and by unraveling the imbroglio in which they are caught. She is ever one step ahead in her attempt to find out the real meaning of life. In pursuit of it she makes her characters her mouthpiece. Hence each work of hers is an accelerating exploration of the psychic self. Literature deals with the most enduring memories. And so Anita Desai in her treasure of creation has created the most immortal and true sensitive characters by showing her chief concerns in their obsessions, eccentricities, tremors and traumas, the enduring human condition and the emotional life of women characters who have come from an urban milieu. The theme of exile, immigration and alienation is very common in the literary global scene. Many characters that are lost and lonely, parade before us and their futile attempt to destination point to the absence of meaningful relationships in the age of worldwide interaction and information technology. A number of men have been considered as an exile due to political, cultural, social, economical and geographical dislocations. Cultural alienation has become a universal phenomenon. There is no exaggeration to say in the words of B. Murchland that the 20 th century was The Age of Alienation. 1 The present study is a humble attempt to peep into the novels of Desai and to throw light on the most prevailing themes and problems of the time discussed in her pieces of art. The