Khas Pidgin

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Khas Pidgin Poems

Author Name: Salik Shah | Format: Paperback | Genre : Poetry | Other Details

Poetry is the language of the soul. In translation, what does it become? Khas Pidgin is a poetic memoir of an alien non-native speaker in both Nepali and English. POET’S NOTES As an ethnic Indian boy, who grew up in Kathmandu as an outsider, my early encounters and experiences of subjugation and disfranchisement continue to haunt and shape my work, including my debut speculative poetry chapbook, “Khas Pidgin.” My parents spoke in Maithali, but never so much with us; I grew up speaking Khas-Nepali at home because of my schooling, but after I left Kathmandu, English become my primary tongue. That doesn’t mean English came naturally to me; it requires some effort, hence the title of my poetry chapbook: “Khas Pidgin.” Following the recent civil unrest and violence in the Terai belt of the former Himalayan kingdom, it became very clear to me that I had to speak up about my past experiences and traumas so that people know about the widespread racism which exists in the subcontinent, through the medium that came most naturally to me: poetry and fiction. Soon Mithila Review was born out of the quest for dignity and justice; “Khas Pidgin” would take one more year of preparation and work.

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Salik Shah

Salik Shah is an Indian science fiction writer and filmmaker from New Delhi. His work has been nominated for Elgin, Toto and Kumaon Literary Festival's Fellows of Nature awards. One of his short stories appears in a course syllabus at SOAS University of London. He is the founding editor of Mithila Review, Asia's leading science fiction and fantasy journal. His poetry, fiction and nonfiction has appeared in leading publications around the world, including Asimov's Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, Open Democracy, Juggernaut, La.Lit, Vayavya and Himal Southasian.