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This paper highlight the use of numerous Indian vernacular words and phrases including city dialects in Arvind Adiga's "Last Man in Tower"', which is published in 2011. The setting of the novel is Mumbai where the future of the city is decided by big businessmen and progress is measured in terms of skyscrapers. When Mumbai is emerging as a commercial and financial hub, the use of urban vernacular is developed side by side. After all, the use of dialect identifies where a person hail from. It is observed that the form of language used in this novel shows the rude behaviour and control over others by real estate broker of Mumbai and also it throws light on social economic and political impact on the then society. The city dialects like Mafia, Pucca, Masterji, Kachdawali, Dhoti, Banian, Biriyani and a lot; the use of such words are very prominent in this novel. The phrase "the real estate mafia" signifies that the novel sheds the light on corruption in modern society like Mumbai. It is a dialectical form of language which displays the social superiority and status in the hierarchical set up in modern Mumbai. Here we can get a clear vision that how city life and it's dialects influence individual lives and behaviour connecting to the central motif and theme of its fiction.