Vinod Joshi is well known postmodern Gujarati poet, writer and critic who has been giving his notable contribution in Guajarati Literature. He was honoured with the KavishwarDalpatramAward and with the Sathitya GauravPuraskar. For his contriution in Gujarati poetry, he was awarded by NarsinhMehata award and the Kalapi Award. For his latest poem, “Sairandhri” he was awarded the SamarpanSanman by the BharatiyaCidhyaBhavan Educational Trust. Like his previous poem Shikhandi, this poem is also based on the one of the episode of the Mahabharata.This metrical poem was composed in prabandha from with seven cantos and fourtynine chapters. Through this classical folklore he tries to bring out that hidden personality of Draupadi. Sairandhri : poem of lost identity This is the story of women who lived without her identity rather than it presents the dilemma of identity. It is based on the episode of Mahabharata known as “Viratparv” in which Draupadi spent a year of her ...