Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni explores the interpretation of Indianness through the characterization of protagonists in her novels. The present paper aims to focus the unfolding struggles that women faced in her novels in various aspects.’ Identity of self ‘is one of the prominent diasporic elements that Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni exposes in a brighter way was really admirable. She has provided a never ending platform to the woman characters from voiceless to voice. The Mistress of Spices is one of the unique novel in which she gives life to inanimate objects like fenugreek, Turmeric, Zeera etc., as if they were real characters. This type of characterization speaks of her greatness in depicting the inanimate objects in such a way that the reader feels her writings inspired the folk with an enigmatic sense. ”Oleander girl” is another outstanding novel of chitra Banerjee Divakaruni in which she clearly explores the concept of identity in a well-established way.