Kathmandu, March 14: Literary writer Lil Bahadur Kshetri has passed away at the age of 92. Kshetri, a permanent resident of Assam, India, breathed his last at Guwahati on Thursday night, chief editor of literary magazine ‘Shabdapath’, Murari Sigdel told RSS. Kshetri was honoured with the Jagadambashree Award in recognition of his contribution to the enrichment of Nepali language and literature through literary writing. He had penned novels such as ‘Basain’ and ‘Atripta Ra Bahmaputrako Chheuchhau’, and a collection of prose ‘Assam Ma Nepali Bhashiko Sahrogahro’ as well as short fiction, essays and plays. Kshetri who had received various awards, including Bhanu Award was feted with the Padma Shri, India’s highest civilian award, by the Government of India. —