What is Indra Bahadur Rai?
{{Infobox writer | name = Indra Bahadur Rai | image = Indra BahadurRai.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|2|3|df=y}} | birth_place = Balasun Tea Estate, [[Darjeeling District]], India | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|3|6|1927|2|3|df=y}} | death_place = [[Darjeeling]], [[India]] | spouse = Mayadevi Rai (m.? ; death 27 August 2017) | children = three children (a son and two daughters) | language = [[Nepali language|Nepali]], [[English language|English]] | occupation = [[Novelist]], Short Story Writer, [[Essayist]], [[Literary Critic]] | awards = [[Sahitya Akademi Award]],<br> Jagadambashri Puraskar, <br>Agam Singh Giri Smriti Puraskar | nationality = [[India]]n }} '''Indra Bahadur Rai''' ({{lang-ne|[[:ne: इन्द्रबहादुर राई|इन्द्रबहादुर राई]]}}, 3 February 1927 – 6 March 2018) was a [[Nepal|Nepali]] writer and literary critic from [[Darjeeling]], India. He has been an active writer for over 60 years and has received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (for his work ''Nepali Upanyaska Adharharu''), Jagadambashri Puraskar and Agam Singh Giri Smriti Puraskar.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indra Bahadur Rai|url=http://thehimalayanbeacon.com/encyclopedia/tiki-index.php?page=Indra+Bahadur+Rai|publisher=Gorkhapedia|access-date=4 April 2011|archive-date=30 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830214605/http://thehimalayanbeacon.com/encyclopedia/tiki-index.php?page=Indra+Bahadur+Rai|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Rai|first=Indra Bahadur|title=Nepali Literary Criticism in Sikkim|url=http://thehimalayanbeacon.com/encyclopedia/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=1|publisher=Gorkhapedia|access-date=4 April 2011|archive-date=15 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315115106/http://thehimalayanbeacon.com/encyclopedia/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=1|url-status=dead}}</ref> Rai was one of the most well-known modern authors of [[Nepali literature]]. His first novel ''Aaja Ramita Cha'' was published in 1964. Af