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English Literature has an important role in numerous professional and personal shifts in women's lives. The advent of feminism in India can be attributed to prominent Indian women writers who wrote in English, such as Shashi Deshpande, Nayantara Sahgal, Anita Desai, Kamala Markandeya, Arundathi Roy, Chitra Banerjee, Anita Desai and others. These writers present a realistic image of contemporary society. Several societal problems, including the dowry system, partition, child maltreatment and child employment, were intended to be brought to the readers' attention by these authors. They also uncovered issues like women's education, child marriage, complex man-woman relationships and maltreatment given to women in a patriarchal society. The same pattern is still being followed by contemporary women authors who depict modern women through their novels. Of them, Preeti Shenoy is the shining one. She portrays the modern woman of today's society through her various novels. The narrative of The Secret Wish List centers on 'Diksha', a contemporary woman. She is initially a traditional woman but one day because of her friend she realizes her hopes and aspirations. Though it seems impossible for her to achieve all of her ambitions at first, she encounters numerous obstacles because of a variety of situations, but ultimately, she succeeds. This paper aims to analyse the novel through the lens of portraying a woman's life journey from traditional to modern.