Sudha Subramanian Special to Gulf News

Articles from the author

Why I fell in love with lilies in my jar

The coffee mug with the petals sits on the edge of a long side table

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When hum and screech of bus brought memories galore

It feels like a different lifetime when I clutched a scary-looking T Rex at a bus stop

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Striking a chord with my neighbour

I lift my head up to focus on this sound — it is light, soothing, calming and musical

It was during my middle school that I began to enjoy music

The idea of pickling

In some cultures families stay together and bond over a jar of pickles

Preserving pickles

Can’t keep those glasses away

I wish my glasses had bluetooth attached so that I can trace them through an app

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Return of the Indian Silverbill

She chirps about gregariously and is flocking my backyard with a bunch of her friends

Indian silverbill or white-throated munia is a small passerine bird

When I stood chatting with the basil plant

The leaves of my plant got bigger and their smiles were wider

Basil seedlings taught me to never give up on dreams

A little country bracing climate change

Next time, when we are tempted to play with Nature, let us take a moment to reflect

Tuvalu is a neat little corridor hidden in the large colourful backdrop of the Expo

How I fell in love with the lizards

That day I began to see these little creatures in a new light

Gecko

A good marriage is like an old car

It takes time and effort to understand the art of making everything work

Here is the secret mantra — you either become a car mechanic or you learn to don super powers to keep it running

Living a life that is straight out of science fiction

Reality of present times is our ability to find way through a maze of human behaviours

We have entered the third year with a baggage of Covid and a torchlight of hope in the form of a vaccine

The beauty of a handwritten note

Sometimes, all it takes is a small word to make the whole world move

Handwritten note: I sighed with her because I understood her

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