Shikha S. Lamba, Author at FemAsia Magazine

Shikha S. Lamba

Shikha S. Lamba is a jewelry designer and poet living in Hong Kong. She is the co-editor of an online magazine, Coffee and Conversations. Shikha has contributed poetry to publications in Hong Kong, India, the US, UK, Indonesia and Bangladesh. In 2023, her poems were nominated for Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize.

Fictional Arts·Literature·Poetry

Craving Time

Scattered sunrise peeks out from the horizon,its warm colour clotting the sheets, oh! that Indian blush, the morning awakensslowly on flushed skin. If one can only be so lucky to find oneselfin these moments in time, when there is balance to be

by Shikha S. Lamba

Fictional Arts·Literature·Poetry

How to Move through the World as a Woman with a Body

Inspired by Ada Limon Swell like a river.Expand as if your skin isn’t impressive enough already.Pure expression of the body and soul should never be anemic. Don’t tally your uncertainties, showcase your fearslike a movie on repeat. Your skin folds aren’t hiding

by Shikha S. Lamba

Fictional Arts·Literature·Poetry

A Late-Night Pedicure is Never a Good Idea

and as I took the blade to my foot,I never meant to make a cut deep enoughfor my blood to flow as freely as it did.And as I sat there for half an hour drenchingbits of cotton, all I could think about

by Shikha S. Lamba

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