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Darjeeling: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has expressed condolences on the demise of eminent Nepali litterateur Haiman Das Rai Kirat. In her message, the Chief Minister wrote: "His death is an irreparable loss to the world of Nepali literature. Anit Thapa, chairman, GTA also visited the writer's house at Uttarey Gorubathan in the Kalimpong district. He was also the recipient of Sahitya Academy Award and the Life Time Achievement Award by the GTA. He has published numerous books of eminent Nepali authors in the 1950s and 1960s when Nepali books used to be published from Varanasi..