Abstract:   It can be arguably said that in autobiography, like other literary genres, gender issues can be taken up with equal vehemence and effect, as it can offer insights into women’s real selves, thereby attempting to make their private lives public. These autobiographies/ life narratives/ life writings offer numerous opportunities for the writers to identify common feminine aspirations across cultures. Apart from lending voice to woman’s suppressed feelings/ desire, these narratives also foreground their resentment against/ rejection of social injustices, search for identity, and need to liberate themselves from the patriarchal clutches. The autobiographers, Emmiline Pankhurt in My Own Story and Kamala Das in My Story have used their life narratives as a means to question gender discrimination. One often wonders about the reason behind an author’s writing about herself as s/he reads an autobiography. Every story begins with the birth of a female/ male child, which signifies the beginning of a new life. Nevertheless, there is a huge variation in people’s perception vis-à-vis the birth of a female/ male child. That is exactly where the argument/perception/ discrimination starts.