Jhumpa Lahiri's representations of the Indian American identity, by examining the female character Moushumi Mazoomdar, particularly focuses on the phases of reconstruction of her in relation to her conflicted identity. Moushumi constructs her identity based on her interpersonal relationships and tries fervently to overcome her crises through reinventing herself by taking "control  of these relationships, an endeavor in which she struggles to succeed in. She attempts to reconstruct her identity in various ways. Either through separating from both the main culture and her ethnic culture, embracing a more risqué lifestyle as opposed to the conservative values of the Bengali women, or through settling down and then pursuing an affair. The novel revolves around the theme of identity and the cultural/emotional dislocations suffered by them in their effort to settle "home  in the new country which is emphasized in a different manner among people of two generations The novel follows the lives of an Indian immigrant family and the ways in which identities are explored and constructed/reconstructed by both the first-generation immigrants (Ashoke & Ashima) and second-generations (Gogol & Moushumi). The second generation characters are illustrated as more dynamic. While the first-generation characters face cultural and racial dissimilarities in the U.S. and find ways to enrich their lives in America, The second generation characters feel even more exilic, and their constructions of identity are constantly being challenged by both Indian heritage and mainstream American cultural/societal standards. Observing these exiled second generation's experiences of border-crossing and transcultural interactions, this paper illustrates the meaning of individuality and reinvention pertaining to Moushumi in this diaspora novel. Moushumi's is first introduced during Gogol's birthday party. They meet as kids, but she did not take a liking to him, or any of the other children. She felt a little superior to them considering her background. She had spent some of her childhood in England, and always had a slight accent, despite being raised in America for most of her life. She has a deep passion for anything European, particularly of France. This explains why she ventured to Paris, became promiscuous and became friends with pretentious Americans. When she leaves for Paris, she tries to reinvent herself for the first time and takes on a new identity. Moushumi believes that she no longer wanted to her destiny/identity to be decided by other people. So, in an attempt to break free she decided she wanted things to be taken into her own hands when she looked for a man. (Quote) Granted that she held on to her English accent as a child,