Tag «Somolekha»

Sermons of the Sirens

We, all of us, create walls around us. Some imaginary, some real: walls that, over time, take the form of a maze, trapping us, so that even when we want to escape from these “comfort zones” of our damnation we remain trapped, unable to find the way out. Our desperation fuelling us to run in …

Lullabies from La La land – Poems by Somolekha

Love is forever. So is poetry Her words have this unique quality. A resonance – reverberating as they are, long after they sound the gong in the mind of the beholder. Like the haunting melody Buddhist chants in some monastery in the sub-conscious, that makes one want to drop everything to unravel their meaning. The …

Little Tales from La La Land by Somolekha

Nothing la la about this la la Land! There are writers whose words hit you in the solar plexus. There are others who hold your attention by the nape and force you to eat and digest whatever it is that they want to say. There are also the ones who are subtle, tongue firmly in …

Azure: the colour of creativity

I was all of 22 when I had joined Azure, many summers back. An almost fresh graduate who had already worked in two reputed agencies, I too, had stars in my eyes, literally. A job to me meant economic independence – monthly pay cheques that would “empower” me to buy all those shoes I had …