Salik Shah Explained

Salik Shah is an entrepreneur, poet, writer, editor and publisher based out of New Delhi, India. He is the founding editor and publisher of Mithila Review, a journal of international science fiction and fantasy established in 2015.^[1]

His poetry, fiction, and non-fiction has appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, Juggernaut Books, Star*Line, Coldnoon, Eye to the Telescope, Locus Magazine, among other publications.^[2]

One of his short stories "Lakhen & Dragonflies" appears in a course syllabus at SOAS University of London.^[3] His debut poetry collection "Khas Pidgin" won the Elgin Award nomination from Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association in 2018.^{[4] [5]} His poetry and fiction has also been nominated for Kumaon Literary Festival’s Fellows of Nature and Toto Awards.^{[6] [7]}

His interviews have appeared in a number of publications including Hindustan Times,^[8] The Juggernaut,^[9] and Samovar.^[10] He has also interviewed several Hugo-winning authors for Mithila Review, including Cixin Liu, Ken Liu and Kij Johnson.^{[11] [12] [13]} He has also interviewed award-winning speculative and horror authors Glen Hirshberg, Lavie Tidhar and Usman T Malik.^{[14] [15] [16]}

He is a founding member of Plurality University (Paris),^[17] a Future of India Fellow,^[18] and The Seasteading Institute Ambassador to India.^[19]

A former advertising professional, he passed out of Film and Television Institute of India in 2009.http://salikshah.com/press/ ^[20]

He grew up in Kathmandu and New Delhi, and can read, write, translate, and speak in Hindi, English, and Nepali.^{[21] [22]} http://salikshah.com/2017/04/deewano-ki-hasti-a-short-film-ft-bhagwati-charan-vermas-poetry/

References

1. Web site: Reading Science Fiction and Fantasy for (South) Asia. 2016-06-13. Strange Horizons. en. 2019-12-30.
2. Web site: Publications Salik Shah. en-US. 2019-12-30.
3. Web site: Public Culture in Contemporary Nepal 155906007 SOAS University of London. https://web.archive.org/web/20191230142549/https://www.soas.ac.uk/courseunits/155906007.html. dead. 2019-12-30. 2019-12-30. 2019-12-30.
4. Web site: Science Fiction Poetry Association. sfpoetry.com. 2019-12-30.
5. Web site: Khas Pidgin. www.goodreads.com. 2019-12-30.
6. Web site: Toto Funds the Arts: Toto Awards 2018 for Creative Writing (English): Long-list. 2017-09-22. Toto Funds the Arts. 2019-12-30.
7. Web site: Publications Salik Shah. en-US. 2019-12-30.
8. Web site: A host of new digital literary magazines are giving a boost to India’s literary magazine culture. 2017-01-15. Hindustan Times. en. 2019-12-30.
9. Web site: Browning the Future. The Juggernaut. 2019-12-30.
10. Web site: Interview: Salik Shah. 2018-01-04. Samovar. en. 2019-12-30.
11. Web site: Cixin Liu: Chinese Readers Care About the Whole Humanity. Liu. Cixin. 2017-01-09. Mithila Review. en-US. 2019-12-30.
12. Web site: Ken Liu: "History is both the most scientific of stories". Liu. Ken. 2016-02-28. Mithila Review. en-US. 2019-12-30.
13. Web site: Kij Johnson: "I have learned to walk away from failing stories instead of flailing at them.". Johnson. Kij. 2016-04-01. Mithila Review. en-US. 2019-12-30.
14. Web site: Interview: Glen Hirshberg. Shah. Salik. 2016-08-07. Mithila Review. en-US. 2019-12-30.
15. Web site: Interview: Lavie Tidhar. Shah. Salik. 2016-08-07. Mithila Review. en-US. 2019-12-30.
16. Web site: Usman T. Malik: "Fantastika can freshen up contemporary South Asian literature". Malik. Usman T.. 2016-02-26. Mithila Review. en-US. 2019-12-30.
17. Web site: Salik Shah – Plurality University Network. en-US. 2019-12-30.
18. Web site: Future of India Fellow Salik Shah. en-US. 2019-12-30.
19. Web site: Salik Shah. 2018-09-10. The Seasteading Institute. en-US. 2019-12-30.
20. Web site: How to Write Perfect Sentences for Facebook . Shah. Salik. 2013-03-06. @salik. en. 2019-12-30.
21. Web site: After Stonehenge स्टोनहेन्ज पछि. 2017-09-25. Samovar. en. 2019-12-30.
22. Web site: Cup of Tea. Sundar. Naru Dames. 2017-09-09. Mithila Review. en-US. 2019-12-30.