The aim of the study is to explore the psychological cry of an alienated woman, Maya in Anita Desai’s novel Cry, the Peacock. Desai spotlights on extremely complex nature of life. The real life has an infinite variety; it may take as many forms as there are individuals. Her notion of reality of life seems to have been greatly influenced by Virginia Woolf. We can say that Desai is the first novelist among the Indian women writes who introduced that word ‘psychology’ in the Indian novels written in English. Cry, the Peacock Anita Desai’s first novel, has been described as a trendsetter in the field of psychoanalytical realism. It explores the inner world of the main protagonist, Maya and demonstrates her fear, insecurity and strange behavior. Through her she depicts a world of alienation, loneliness and suffering. Maya is described as a hysterical character whose impending tragedy’s suggestively foreshadowed, time and again. This paper is an effort to portray the psyche of a woman on the verge of insanity and the factors responsible for that.