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Feminism is derived from the word ‘Femina’ which means the woman and ‘ism’ means idealogy or philosophy. Feminism has been one of the most far reaching movements of 21st century, whose influence has been felt in every area of social, political and cultural life worldwide. Feminism is an idealogy that recognizes that although all men and women are technically considered equal, but are not treated equally. Feminism talks about equality of women and men. The present study focuses not only on the struggle of feminist writers to give voice to the problems and issues of women in Indian society but also on the emersion of the treatment of women in Indian writing in English in the feminist and post feminist era. Various feminist issues were raised in the novels of the earlier authors like Raja Rao, R.K Narayan and Mulk Raj Anand . The earlier authors highlighted the traditional image of woman like Sati & Savitri; but after wards as time changed, the life like image of woman which is dealt very well by the modern Indian post feminist novelist like Anita Desai, Shashi Deshpande, Arundhati Roy and Manju kapoor. Modern feminist novelist highlights the plight of women in Indian fiction from equality to the search of identity. Feminine approach as psychosomatic approach is applied in this study altogether with content analysis method. Anita Desai’s, Cry, the Peacock(1963) is the faithful description of psychosomatic growth of a female character Maya, who can not cope up with the practical world and feels depressed. This study of paper depicts women’s area of happiness, gives insight into heightened sensitivity and intensified, agonized self of the protagonist, Maya.

Feminism, Post Feminism, Identity, Equality, Psychosomatic approach

"PORTRAYAL OF FEMININE SENSIBILITY: A STUDY OF ANITA DESAI’S CRY, THE PEACOCK", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 12, page no.d275-d279, December-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2212340.pdf

"PORTRAYAL OF FEMININE SENSIBILITY: A STUDY OF ANITA DESAI’S CRY, THE PEACOCK", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 12, page no. ppd275-d279, December-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2212340.pdf