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‘Cry, The Peacock’: Of The Mad Woman In Indian Fiction
Anita Desai’s debut novel, Cry, the Peacock, is a masterclass in postcolonial Indian English fiction. The reek of a slow-rotting corpse on a sultry April afternoon provides the initial setting for the story. It is with this ominous imagery that Desai …