The present paper presents the assessment of the validity and authenticity of Jhabvala’s vision of the Indian socio-cultural reality in Esmond in India. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala focuses the Indian middle classes and the expatriates and her novels are built on the same subjects, mapping out many permutations on family conflicts. The novel shows a debacle in connubial rapport between an Indian wife and an English husband. After the independence of India, Gandhian values and ideals had been put into a corner. An intense selfish and materialistic world had taken deep roots and in this world people like Ram Nath, Uma and thousands of honest and selfless freedom fighters had lost their moorings. Gross materialism had overpowered and extremely selfish people like Har Dayal had been at the helm of affairs. Key-words: assessment, expatriates, rapport, connubial, materialistic, etc.