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Anita Desai, a renowned author of Indian-English literature, was born in 1937. She has been undoubtedly one of the most well-known authors of Indian-English fiction. Among modern Indian women authors, she has a unique position. She has significant creative work and a consistently expanding global following. Twelve of her novels, as well as several other noteworthy literary works, have been published. Regardless of the effects such a rebellion may have on their lives, Anita Desai's female protagonists did rebel against the patriarchal society to realize their potential or to live their own lives. To confront and critique the societal norms that restrict them from being autonomous people, they adopted the persona of outsiders. These women used self-selected disengagement as a weapon to survive in a patriarchal society. Desai's women wanted freedom within the community of men and women since it is the only way they could accomplish their goals. Similar to other of Desai's married female characters, such as Maya in Cry, a Peacock, Monisha in Voices in the City, Nanda in Fire in the Mountain, and Sita in Where Shall We Go. This Summer, she used Bimala, an unmarried woman, as her inspiration for a free woman in the book Clear Light of Day.