Author(s): Srishti Singh1, Dr. Asha Srivastava2
Abstract: The present paper aims to explore Anita Desai’s Debut novel, Cry, the Peacock as a manifesto of Maya’s
emancipation. Cry, the Peacock is Anita Desai’s first novel published in 1963. Anita Desai is one of the most known and
distinguished Indian English novelists with worldwide fame and name. She is gifted with extraordinary penetration and
sharpness of vision. Her works have provided her with worldwide fame and attention. The novelist is accomplished with
prospecting psychological insight. Majority of Anita Desai’s novels are the true and real manifesto of women’s situation and
predicament. Cry, the Peacock is a manifesto of Maya’s psychological predicament. Desai’s has very well explored the inner
or interior world of woman, her anger, frustration and storm raging inside her mind and heart through the protagonist of
this novel. The novelist’s concern with the emancipation of Maya can be seen in almost every page of the work. She often
peeps into the interior or inner psyche of her main characters instead of just focusing on the outer view. She is a master in
composing the psychological novels. She very well knows how to explore the psychic depth of her main protagonists as well
to analyse and examine their motives in details. The novelist is generally considered as a trendsetter in the area of
psychoanalytic study. Through her extraordinary penetration of vision and sharpness, the novelist has brilliantly portrayed
the inner turmoil going on in the psyche of Maya who is a hysterical personality.
Keywords: private higher educational institutions, small colleges, academic staff, turnover, employee retention, Indian qualification agency, private colleges in Malaysia, employee satisfaction.
DOI: 10.61165/sk.publisher.v10i9.1
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