by Salik Shah | Dec 5, 2019 | Editorials
The best of science fiction and fantasy is a balm to our wounded soul — our dream to reach the stars, become a caring and responsible star-faring civilization. And it wouldn’t be possible for me to indulge in this fantastic endeavor without your generous contribution and support.
by Salik Shah | Oct 1, 2019 | Editorials
The ruling elites have hacked the world’s democracies, people’s constitutions, and public institutions that could have served the interests of the people. And the only way for us to take back control is to tell stories that birth creative thought and positive action.
by Ajapa Sharma | Sep 10, 2018 | Editorials
Purchase this issue: Gumroad | Amazon The 10th issue of Mithila Review comes to you after a long interlude. The word “interlude,” however, doesn’t quite do justice to the time between our last issue and this one. “Interlude” suggests a notion of passiveness — the idea...
by Isha Karki | Sep 20, 2017 | Editorials
“Narrative is frightening and staggeringly powerful, and those who control the narrative control what the world sees.” – Cassandra Khaw Growing up in the UK as an immigrant and a POC during the noughties, your cultural references for speculative arts were...
by Ajapa Sharma | Apr 11, 2017 | Editorials
Last week, Salik and I made a short video based on a poem he wrote in Nepali about a revolutionary poet. It crossed a hundred views in a matter of few days. It’s a small but significant number for a poem. The popularity of film as a medium is partly due to its...
by Salik Shah | Jan 9, 2017 | Editorials
“A hypertext of original narratives and home of the translated from around the globe, Mithila Review is an inquiry into the process of translating and the craft of storytelling.” I wrote that description as a vision statement for Mithila Review last January, and...
