ShobhaaDe’s childhood memories recreate middle class Maharashtrian family of that time with all its marked characteristics. She writes highly about the way she was raised up culturally in her family and has a high sense of etiquette. The rewriting of her life enables Shobhaa De as the narrator/author of her text to reinterpret the multitude of social and cultural codes imprinted on the personal consciousness. Keywords: social and cultural codes, marked characteristics, sense of etiquette, personal consciousness etc.