Kathmandu, March 14: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has expressed grief over the demise of literary writer Lil Bahadur Kshetri and extended homage to his departed soul.
The Prime Minister took to the
social networking site, Facebook, to pay respect to the departed soul and
express deep condolences to the bereaved family members, relatives and literary
fraternity.
Lil Bahadur Kshetri's novel,
Basain, touched the hearts of every college students once upon a time. His
'Basain' and other novels describe the pang of migration of entire villages
from Nepal to Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya and Bhutan during World War II.
"His novel 'Bahmaputra Ko
Kinara', which won India's prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award, also tells the
story of the struggle of Nepalis in northeast India", the Prime Minister
wrote while posting an image of writer Kshetry and the cover page of his
literary piece 'Basain'.
Kshetry passed away last night at
the age of 93 in Assam's capital Guwahati. (RSS)