Trun No Grah

Trun No Grah (તૃણનો ગ્રહ) is a collection of poems written in Gujarati by Natwarlal Kuberdas Pandya, better known by his pen name 'Ushnas.' The book received the Narmad Suvarna Chandrak in 1963. It is considered one of the finest works of poetry in Gujarati literature.

Origin
The poems in Trun No Grah, written by Ushnas between 1959 and 1963, were published during this period in several literary magazines, such as Sanskruti, Kumar, Kshitij, Vishwa Manav, Kavilok, Samarpan, Manjari, Akhandanand, Ruchi, and Milan.

Trun No Grah was published in October 1964 by Harihar Pustakalay, Surat.

Content
Ushnas composed poems in a variety of formats, including haiku, geet, ghazal, sonnets, free verse, with most composed in Sanskrit meters such as Shikharini.

Awards

 * 1963: Narmad Suvarna Chandrak