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Salik Shah is the founding editor of Mithila Review. His poetry, fiction and nonfiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Strange Horizons, Asimov’s Science Fiction and Juggernaut, among other publications.

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On Reading Anandmath and Writing Harmony

Vande Mataram. A truly powerful and pivotal speech for Mother India. As a poet and writer, this is a praise of the highest form for any work of kavya. The story of a nation, its struggle, hopes and dreams. https://t.co/xKI4MyhaUi

— Salik Shah (@salik) November 7, 2025

Yesterday, I watched Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji’s Vande Mataram speech, which led me to revisit Bankim Chandra

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	Mithila Review Issue 1 by Salik Shah (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ajapa Sharma (Editor), Ken Liu (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mithila Review Issue 8 by Salik Shah (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ajapa Sharma (Editor), Arkady Martine (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Khas Pidgin: A Nepali-English Poetry Collection really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mithila Review Issue 9 by Salik Shah (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Isha Karki (Editor), Ajapa Sharma (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mithila Review Issue 2 by Salik Shah (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ajapa Sharma (Editor), Ian McDonald really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Planet Democracy: Stories of Hope, Courage, Unity & Compassion : Mithila Review Issue 16 by Salik Shah (Goodreads Author), Paulo da Costa (Goodreads Author), Buzz Dixon (Goodreads Author) 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mithila Review Issue 3 by Salik Shah (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ajapa Sharma (Editor), Abdulrahiman Appabhai Almelkar (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mithila Review 11: The Journal of International Science Fiction & Fantasy it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mithila Review 14: The Journal of International Science Fiction & Fantasy by Salik Shah (Goodreads Author), Derek Anderson, Christian Monson (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mithila Review #13 by Salik Shah (Goodreads Author), Priya Sarukkai Chabria, Vanessa Fogg (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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