Asit Rai

{{Short description|Nepalese writer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}

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| birth_place = Darjeeling, West Bengal

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Asit Rai (Nepali: असीत राई) is a writer and novelist in the Nepali language from Darjeeling district, India. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1981 for his novel Naya Kshitij Ko Khoj.{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaclub.com/Shop/AuthorSelect.asp?Author=Asit+Rai|title=Asit Rai : Products at Indiaclub.com|publisher=indiaclub.com|access-date=22 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301143211/http://www.indiaclub.com/Shop/AuthorSelect.asp?Author=Asit+Rai|archive-date=1 March 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://getebook.org/?p=289416|title=Yantrana – Asit Rai {{pipe}} PDF, EPUB, DOC Free Download EBook and Audiobook|publisher=getebook.org|access-date=22 February 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mungpoo.org/2013/02/sahitya-akademi-award-winners-in-nepali.html|title=Sahitya Akademi Award winners in Nepali list {{pipe}} Mungpoo News|publisher=mungpoo.org|access-date=22 February 2014}}