This anthology is a compendium of essays on contemporary Indian English fiction and poetry, tracing the quest for identity. Identity in general describes a person's conception and expression of their individuality or group affiliations including national and cultural identity. The core idea is that one's sense of identity is determined largely by the choices and commitments made regarding certain personal and social traits. Indian English fiction has come of age with fictionists of different sense and sensibilities such as Jhumpa Lahiri, Aravind Adiga, Manju Kapur, Kiran Desai, Vikram Swarup, Easterine Iralu, Temsula Ao and Nini Lungalang, exploring human predicament in its multiple dimensions. Papers on poets like Nissim Ezekiel, Nini Lungalang, P. Lal, D.C. Chambial, Temsula Ao, Easterine Iralu and Monalisa Changkija, probe into their existential quest.