Author Archives: Currylines

About Currylines

A food and travel enthusiast who plays with words

Harohalli Lake – North Bangalore

Posted on August 27, 2025 by Currylines

Aug 24th, 2025 When I decided to visit Harohalli lake in North Bangalore on one of my bird photography jaunts, I realised that there was sufficient potential for error in getting there, since there is another lake by the same … Continue reading →

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Maddu thoppu – Justicia Wynaadensis

Posted on July 26, 2025 by Currylines

The bright green leaves bubble and boil in my pot of water and the colorless liquid miraculously and rapidly transforms into a brilliant indigo hue. Justicia Wynaadensis is performing its magic in my kitchen and I am transfixed by the … Continue reading →

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Trishvam Symphony

Posted on July 14, 2025 by Currylines

July 4th – 6th, 2025 The date palms sway gently in the breeze, their sweet, ripe, fallen fruit dotting the verdant lawns as they contrast with the bright green, like little oval nuggets of chocolate. I sprawl languidly on the … Continue reading →

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TGI Livancia Hillside Hotel

Posted on June 22, 2025 by Currylines

June 11th – 13th, 2025 I gaze out of my large window at the ‘mist-kist’ hill that looms in the distance. The vista of the iconic and imposing Chamundi hills draped in lush, rain washed greenery, makes it difficult for … Continue reading →

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Muthanallur Lake – Bangalore

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Currylines

Jun 8th, 2025 A vast, thick drape of green, broken only by a tiny puddle of water, was my first view of Muthanallur lake. A dirt track below that had suffered the lashings of a recent rain and another track … Continue reading →

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Blackbucks of KGF/BGML Grasslands, Kolar

Posted on May 6, 2025 by Currylines

May 4th, 2025 My previous blog post which I hope you have read, spoke of my recent and rather futile expedition to Bethamangala lake where my friends and I had gone to photograph the Knob-billed ducks but ended up scoring a … Continue reading →

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Bethamangala Lake and Dam, Kolar

Posted on May 5, 2025 by Currylines

May 4th, 2025 No Luck, no Duck, no Buck!  When you have nothing much to write about but you really really want to use the above caption. (Somewhat like buying a saree just because you have a blouse piece, if … Continue reading →

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Samara Boutique Villa

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Currylines

Apr 6th – 8th, 2025 A profusion of fuchsia hued blooms dance in welcome, their vibrant clusters cascading in charmingly unruly fashion. Various species of tiny birds flit in and out of these paper thin bougainvillea bracts, as usual not … Continue reading →

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Ramalingeshwara Temple and Sita Devi Temple – Avani, Kolar

Posted on March 31, 2025 by Currylines

Mar 30th, 2025 The boulder studded hill looms ahead as we drive through the arch and into the village. We are going back in time, all the way to over a thousand years ago, to the ancient 10th century Ramalingeshwara … Continue reading →

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Ramasagara Lake – Kolar

Posted on March 31, 2025 by Currylines

Mar 30th, 2025 The turn of the Tern. If you have been following my posts, you will know that my current whim is to tag along on bird photography jaunts with a good friend of mine, to a few popular … Continue reading →

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