Search for: [Abstract = "This paper focuses on the performance of cultural identities in Bharati Mukherjee`s \"Jasmine\" \(1989\), \"Orbiting\" \(1988\) and \"Desirable Daughters\" \(2002\). The paper argues that Mukherjee for the most part dismisses the notions of contingency and is inclined to the presentation of a voluntarist model of identity. Intentionality, choice and conscious transformation are perceived here as means for identity formation."]