“Squatter” narrates the tale of sarosh, a parsi in Canada. it is a allegorical tale told by Mistry to describe the woes of an immigrant in a multicultural society. This paper attempts to interrogate the difficulty of cultural retention in multicultural society and the impact of hanging on to it in the present situation. Further, this paper analysis how Mistry through the short stort “Squatter” points out that ethnic and cultural difference should be looked upon as a gift rather than a burden. It should be not be an encumbrances rather liberating