A Study of Patriarchal Myths in Pratibha Ray's Yajnaseni: the Story of Draupadi

Yajnaseni: the story of Draupadiis revisiting the popular epic the Mahabharata by Pratibha Ray. In this novel, she uses female perspective to give new voice to Draupadi. The original text of the Mahabharata was written from male perspective and Draupadi’s voice was left unexplored. But Ray makes an effort to justify the character of Draupadi. All earlier discourse of myth was focused on male figures and kept female figures back.Here, the author explores Draupadi’s character must be centre. This paper is an attempt to analyse portrayal of patriarchy throughout this novel. Keywords: Patriarchy, Feminist perspective, Identity. Subjugation of woman.