The present paper is an attempt to study the dichotomic cultures: rural and urban present in Arun Joshi’s The Strange Case of Billy Biswas. The analysis of the entire corpus of Arun Joshi’s novels shows that he has consistently used a specific pattern for his works. The innate urge to determine life’s meaning in positive terms leads Joshi’s protagonists to wage an incessant war against challenging situations. The Strange Case of Billy Biswas presents the story of its protagonist who leaves the rural society and moves to the urban part of the world with certain aspirations but soon feels nostalgic for his home town. The whole of the novel shows a conflict between rural and urban part of India with their cultures. This dichotomy of culture is responsible for his psychological torture as well as his constant conflict with his identity.