The short stories of post independent women writers show the stereotypical roles women have to play in the so-called educated and enlightened middle or upper-middle class of the society. The image of women has been going on different changes in fiction for the past four decades. The social structure is clearly reflected in the short stories of Desai. She has been gifted with such a feminine sensibility that her female characters have been clearly expressed. All the female characters come alive to their dynamic process, always growing and changing, viable and mutable.