This paper critically focuses on Anita Desai a foremost writer, who through her remarkable and captivating work Fasting, Feasting tries to change the mindset of society. Anita Desai’s main emphasis is to elevate the position of women and to give her an equal status to men. Desai presents various female characters in the novel, who are the victims of patriarchal society. Besides, this paper shows how authentically the writer represents the deplorable status of women in Indian Society.