Critical Analysis of "Raat vari huri Chalyo" or 'Long Night Storm' by Indra Bahadur Rai
Understanding Indrabahadur Rai's later work indeed requires a good amount of re-reading while his initial texts requires detail analysis, as these are based on Social realism, consisting multiple layers of reading. His earlier anthology ' Bipana Kati paya ' contained 23 short stories and the first story we find in it is " Raat vari huri Chalyo ". As the name suggest this story revolves around the occurence of storm and its impact over the characters with certain background as focused by Rai. Including some minor characters bringing different shades to the story and locating the protagonist's position in society in relation to them. Only character with a name is काले/Kale ,(which too can be contested as it may be the nickname given to the boy)and every other characters are addressed solely by their relationship with someone else, it typically reflects a social or cultural context where relationships or roles are more emphasized than sin...