Editor Interview: Setu

Life-affirming content.

Spillwords.
Muse India.
Kitaab.
Confluence: south Asian perspectives.
The Statesman.
Scarlet Leaf Review.
Queen Mob's Teahouse.
The Blue Nib.
Every Day Poems.
Dissident Voice.
Cafe Dissensus.
Cold Noon.

Rob Harle.
Scott Thomas Outlar.
Kelli J Gavin.
Padmaja Iyengar-Paddy
Gopal Lahiri.
J.S. Sarangi.
Abu Siddik.
Subash Chandra.
Rana Pratap Gill.
K.S. Mani Mani.
B.S. Tyagi.
Sanjeev Sethi.

The bilingual journal (Hindi, English) ensures a welcoming home for the serious writings from across the world without sounding snooty, elitist or bit patronizing. The aim is to include liberal-democratic voices; promote pluralism and diversity in a divided world of politics.
Try to involve some of the happening authors as guest editors as well.
And publish many good returning authors without sacrificing quality.

---Please carefully read the guidelines.
Non-compliance leads to summary rejection.
---Send error-free, print-ready, wholesome content.
---Well-crafted pieces get an edge.
---Language-flow important.
---Fiction must be well delivered.

---The one conforming to the guidelines and vision of the journal.
---One providing epiphanies most preferred.
---Form-content dialectics, must.
---Narcissism---big No.
---Social conscience---big Yes.

Many, in hurry, ignore guidelines.
Improper formatting.
The indifference to guiding framework does not impress the edit team.
They must respect the rules of engagement, like true professionals.

A brief account enough---not the intros that are longer than their submissions!
For us, current content should speak for itself, not the previous credits.

In entirety.
Many pieces might begin bit late but pick up speed mid-way.
And vice versa.
Good start, then losing steam.
So, in totality, we evaluate.

Peer review by editors.
In case of some perceptional difference, the same is referred to the editor-in-chief and one senior-most editor, for their views.
Once consensus reached, it is approved for publication.

The reading is done in the evenings, as most are working professionals, employed in varied sectors of economies of their respective countries.
We do this as a service.
Sundays for mutual edit consultations.

Minor edits, in some cases---with approval from their authors.

We plan to do that soon.