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Culture is the distinctive feature of a society. Each society can be differentiated from another based on their cultures. Each culture is unique in its own way and has to be preserved by that society Bharati Mukherjee's novels and short stories often reveal the emotional and psychic consequences of the search for self-identity in the alien land. Mukherjee is at her best in the depiction of cross-cultural conflicts and how her heroines take control over their destines. Cultural conflicts arise between individuals or social groups separated by cultural boundaries. Mukherjee admits that it is difficult for the Indian immigrant women to assimilate American values system sacrificing the soul of the Indian spiritual life. Cross- cultured confrontation is a great influence on immigrants today. The two protagonists of Mukherjee, Jasmine and Dimple face Cultural shock due to their immigration to the foreign land and who could not cope up with their changed circumstances and with the two socio- cultural environments accompanied with the feelings of rootlessness and nostalgia.