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Sudha Murthy is one of the finest Indian writers with an international reputation. Sudha Murthy's 'Gently Falls the Bakula' is an attempt to study the identity, self-discovery and voice against female oppression and women's problems. The present article deals with a woman's ability to claim her rights and individuality in marriage and grow into a human being as a future woman. In her Gently Falls the Bakula, Sudha Murthy tells the story of a female protagonist who struggles to earn what she is. Identity is a state of mind that is conferred by interaction with peers and acceptance in society. A woman's identity crisis is one where she struggles to achieve her fullest sense as a human being against the forces of society that chain her and reject her as a being compared to the man. Earlier, the woman sought her identity as wife, mother and daughter in the relationship. But now the woman wants to stand on her feet as a complete human being equal to the man in the society. This paper depicts how Murthy tried to spread social identity and self-discovery among people through her novel Gently Falls the Bakula.