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Tradition and modernity form the bases of ideologies and movements in which the polar opposites are converted into aspirations, but traditional forms may supply support for, as well as against, change. This book is a detailed study of both these forces and finally admits that the concept of tradition includes a number of interrelated ideas, beliefs, objectives of custom and culture. On the other hand, modernity begins where tradition ends as it always exists to challenge the former. Modernity is characterized with the features of radical and rational. To sum up, where tradition becomes static, modernity acts as a dynamic force and when modernity becomes static, a new tradition is set. Kiran Desai is an astute observer of the human nature and a delectably sensuous satirist. The book advocates the idea of shifting identity and recreating self in the works of Kiran Desai which acts as a relief from self-created problems in the life of an immigrant and the people belonging to the post-colonial nations.