Anita Desai's Cry, the Peacock (1963) Portrays the Psychological Alienation of Major Characters of the Novel. the Paper Primarily Focuses on the Exteriorization of the Interior of Maya's Cocoon Who Is a Spoiled and Pampered Child of a Wealthy Father and Has a Well to Do Husband, But Is Emotionally Starved. Her Problems Are Not Physical But Psychical, Due to the Incompatibility of Her Temperaments With That of Her Husband. Maladjustment With Gautama Is the Root Cause of Maya's Alienation. Edmund Fuller Rightly Puts, “Man Suffers Not Only from War, Persecution, Famine and Ruin, But Also from Inner Problems…A Conviction of Isolation, Randomness, Meaninglessness In His Way of Existence”(3). Indeed, Maya Suffers Because of Her Inner Conflict Whose Own World Impinges on the Practical World of Her Husband That Makes Her Feel Dejected and Alienated. Albinotic Fear of Her Death Due to Astrologer's Prediction Further Aggravates Her Situation and In Order to Get Out of This Psychological Alienation, She Kills Gautama and Later on Probably Commits Suicide at the End.