Critiques a variety of major definitions of identity-formation and their manifestations in the sphere of social, cultural and literary activities, involving several of the highly charged debates in our times. / Kailash C. Baral is the Director, Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages at Shillong. Prafulla C. Kar, former Professor at the M.S. University of Baroda, is the Director, Centre for Contemporary Theory, Baroda.