Female Existence in Anita Desai’s “Cry-the Peacock

Abstract

Anita Desai has added a new dimension to the Indian English fiction. Female Existence is one of the most burning issues in the novels of Anita Desai. She has dwelt upon the problem of Love, marriage and sex in her own way. Psychological adjustment is a key to healthy compromise in a married life. In her novels, there is a striving, there is a need to be loved. Her novels “Cry-the

 Peacock” grapple with the politics of gender and deal with Female experience in a male dominated society. To raise the voice of women is the main object of the novel. We should erect a Heavenly Horizon for Female existence. My article is an attempt to explore the hidden mysteries of female universe.

Key words: - Existence, Psychological, Grapple, Mysteries etc.