Gita Mehta, having excelled in her writing on Indian culture, has given voice to the problems of the contemporary society in various aspects. A River Sutra emphasizes India being the site for an amalgamation of varied religions, cultures, traditions and practices. In the book, she has employed major themes like renunciation, love, lust and quest for personal and social space with the backdrop of tragic reality of life and offers distinction between detachment and attachment, spiritualism and materialism and modernity and tradition. The paper makes an attempt to explore the characters’ struggles to redeem themselves from dejected and desperate situations in the contemporary society of India. Though some characters end up succeeding in their attempts directly or through other means, some fail to redeem themselves. However, their battles for redemption amidst dejection are noteworthy.