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The research paperentitled “The Portrayal of Multiculturalism and Diaspora Elements: A Study of Zadie Smith’s Select Novels” deals with the way Zadie Smith has incorporated multicultural, diasporic and postcolonial elements in her works particularly White Teeth and The Embassy of Cambodia. She has included in her fictional works especially White Teeth and The Embassy of Cambodia cultural, social, political and religious elements. Her characters suffer from racism, cultural integration problem, hybridization, loss of identity, rootlessness, religious intolerance and belongingness in a multicultural society. Her strength lies in her language and witty dialogues through which she has explored the immigration issues in her works.