The Dilemma of Seclusion and Inner Spaces offers a comprehensive overview of Shashi Deshpande's delineation on woman's consciousness of herself as individual subject growing through her dependence on others, rather her seclusion from them. Her lifelike portrayal of woman and her identity search do not weave any doubts in readers, where her actual sympathies lie. The book particularly addresses the inner world of Indian womanhood who is forced to adopt silence for a very long duration of time. These dilemmas are sometimes ceased and sometimes elaborated. The issues and themes in her novels arise from the situation of woman at the crossroads of a transitional society, changing from traditional to modern. The women protagonists' revolt against the social taboos, the cramped, wrinkled traditions and values of their ancestors and ceaselessly question the very concepts of love, marriage and sex, and feel and urge to redefine human relationship and behaviour. About the Author Deepali Sharma is an Assistant Professor of English at Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India. She is an academician with more than 15 years of teaching and research experience. Her research interests are Feminist Studies, Modern Literature, Indian English Literature, Classical Indian Literature, Vedic Literature. She teaches courses like American Poetry, Indian Literature in Translation, Victorian Poetry and Prose, Indian Aesthetic Tradition, English Poetry from Wordsworth to Tennyson, 18th and 19th Century Novels, Post-colonial Literature to undergraduate and post graduate students. She has participated and presented papers in various National and Inter-national seminars and has published articles in the field of Indian Writing In English, Australian Literature, British and American Literature, Commonwealth Literature. She is an active member in various academic, cultural, and social organizations.