The present era, through literature, has witnessed a change in men’s attitude towards women who have been asserting their identity. In this aspect, the contributions made by Anita Nair and Manju Kapur are immensely more remarkable through their characters in their novels. Anita Nair and Manju Kapur analyze the predicament of women and bring to light the social injustices and oppressions inflicted on women and make them liberate themselves to assert their freedom and self-identity.There are three stages in women’s awareness of the self-growth. In the first stage, the woman senses the coercive role of patriarchy yet gradually succumbs to it by making expected choices to cater to men’s world. The second stage is felt when she recognizes patriarchy’s subjugating and exploitative role in her life and strives to carve out her space without altering the given socio-cultural structure. The third stage, which assumed the point of departure, is seen when she revolts against the disciplining and discriminating norms of the patriarchal structure and openly registers protest against it. Anita Nair’s Ladies Coupe is a novel that portrays women’s experiences from almost all strata of life very poignantly. In Lessons in Forgetting, Anita Nair presents a different class of woman who is neither modern nor traditional-bound. She is not an orthodox lady but a lover of Indian culture and tradition. She does not cross the boundary line but suffers a lot in society. Shashi Deshpande’s novels present a sensitive portrayal of womanhood without ever seeming to be defensive about it. Her themes and motifs are based only on women’s lives and problems.