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Post by K.Hari Kumar . So, I begin the work at my farm officially today. While every plant from the previous season was affected by wilt disease, only one survived. My Mom gives water to the lone survivor. The whole block will be replanted with chilly pepper saplings this week. That Frequent Visitor is the second novel by bestselling author K Hari Kumar (Richard Baxter). He is an acclaimed short filmmaker. Fascinated by the unknown he writes Paranormal Ficition. His first book, When Strangers Meet.., was a national bestselling title which talked about father-son relationship. The novel had enough suspense that kept readers glued till the end. He is fond of Dan Brown, Paulo Coelho, James Patterson, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Oscar Wilde, Bertrand Russel, S Radhakrishnan, Ruskin Bond, Khaled Hosseini, Jonathan Kellerman, Bram Stoker and Albert Camus. His contemporaries include Chetan Bhagat, Ravinder Singh, Ashwin Sanghi, Amish Tripathi, Ravi Subramnian, Piyus

Catch me on  http://thetimesofhari.blogspot.in/ Hey friends... I have been finding myself in this emblematic dilemma for quite a long time. Having seen so many people writing blogs and stuffs about their daily lives. Now that really wasn't much of a job, is it? Choose a platform, write few stuff, upload a picture and post it online... done! But the question was, who's gonna read all that stuff anyway? Some wise guy cracked long ago ' Karm karo... fal ki chinta mat karo ', I'm following His suite, just posting and not expecting... just like the good old days where people used to maintain journals. And for those who are Strangers  to me... I shall introduce myself... K.Hari Kumar is the 24-year old author of WHEN STRANGERS MEET.. He's also an international award nominated Photographer and independent filmmaker who has worked in over twenty television commercials, directed 6 short films and two documentaries (one for an international ar

‎ "The light of knowledge" Light symbolizes knowledge while darkness represents ignorance. The Lord is the "Knowledge Principle," or Chaitanya, who is the source, the enlivener and the illuminator of all knowledge.  Hence light is worshiped as the Lord himself. Location: Parakkattu Shiva temple Ocassion: Ayyappan Paatu Festival K.Hari Kumar  Tweet me @KATHAHARIK ‎ ‎

thewinkstore.com LUMBINIYILE RAJAHAMSAM (The Royal Swan of Lumbini) Author : K. P. Ramesh Language : Malayalam Publisher : DC Books Price : Rs. 75 THIS COLLECTION of travel articles, presented in three parts, gives an overview of some interesting elements of India's cultural and religious ethos, apart from giving a glimpse of the historical evolution of certain places held high in public esteem for their spiritual significance. The first part covers visits to places linked to Gautama Buddha, including Kushi Nagar that houses a museum. The essays provide a fairly good description in a lucid language, although one finds clichéd expressions — for instance, “travelling in the chariot of time” and “the feeling of awakening from the night of one country to the morning of another country” — occurring rather frequently.

"Tenderness" As it stands swiveling without any support... an urge to grow amongst the odds... the tenderness that shall bloom into the fruits of the future... http://500px.com/photo/14715315 Tenderness by Hari Kumar K

ANURAGTHIN VELAYIL   MY RATING : 9.9/10 Lyrics : Anu Elizabeth John, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Chandrasekharan Engandiyoor Music : Shaan Rahman Artist : Vineeth Sreenivasan Movie : Thattathin Marayath (2012) Anuraagathin velayil, varamai vannoru sandhyayil Manamee nee paadu, premardram… Under the veil of affection came like a gift (boon) on one evening... Oh Heart... sing a ballad of love... Anuraagathin velayil, varamai vannoru sandhyayil Manamee nee paadu, premardram… Under the veil of affection came like a gift (boon) on one evening... Oh Heart... sing a ballad of love... Ulayunnunden nenjakam, avalee mannin vismayam Ini ente mathram, ente mathram… The Heart within... SHe's a magic written in snow... She's mine now... only mine...  Anuraagathin velayil, varamai vannoru sandhyayil Manamee nee paadu, premardram… Under the veil of affection came like a gift (boon) on one evening... Oh Heart... sing a ballad of love... Nurayumo-rudayadayil… Nurayumoru

Hey folks! Ek Mithya - a short film I came up with the concept of Ek mithya after watching a hollywood movie called 'THE ECHO' which was itself a remake of an Asian movie. At that time (that was in February 2011), I had titled it A DELUSIONAL, but sadly it kept on falling prey to delays... And then finally one depressing night on the terrace of my old family house in Kerala, I sat down to make the screenplay... for A DELUSIONAL. Completing it within a week, I was quite excited to start the shoot... once I was back in Delhi for my exams. The title changed to EKK MITHYA... EKK driving inspiration from two of the movies that were releasing at that time: EKK DEEWANA THA and EK MEIN AUR EKK TU... Slowly and momentously I began my shoot... after adding few more twist and turns... changing the plot once again... roping in the love of my life... and then I changed my track... minor distractions... street dogs attacking me... and sudden return to Kerala, thereby cance

As once opposed by vicious phenomenon courtesy the great cultural heritge of India (Casteist Hinduism to be precise), on this day of modern era we easily get to see, rather do, people blending together regardless of their creed or caste in holy places like Udupi. It was the first time I had been to the ancestral town of Madhwa Brahmins in almost two decades. I remember my grqndmother talkung about the ways in Udupi back during their era; how the upper caste folks would keep lower caste people below their belts, suppressing the growth of such people in every way possible. Altering the Vedabhyaasa system and reserving it for the privileged elite was one such step. Something similar to what Dan Brown highlighted in his genius of a work, The Da Vinci Code. If there is some kind of a theory affirming the deep rooted evil of casteism then such a tattva is a manipulated one. The original Caste system was simply a way of dividing people on the basis of the work they performed. As far as I know

Five days and three hours since coming back to my village in kerala, one thing that I have realized is an obvious and basic fact of my nature: Grass is always greener on the other bank. Lol! Talking about banks, i have been going in and out of banks since yesterday owing to account transfers and fund depositions. Even right now, as I am typing, I am breathing the air of another bank in Thrissur. Getting here wasn't a struggle. There is bus service to every nook and corner of the state. Auto rickshaw fares are quite affordable too. But whats not affordable is the way in which people here ply for Rules. There is a protocol for everything and people cry over smallest of defaults. Back in Gurgaon and Delhi, i used to feel that people were so negligent when it came to rules. The fact bothered me so much (especially in the middle of a traffic jam) but now I feel so opposed ironically. I really think that gurgaonites were better off as carefree kinda people for Now I am at a place that is

Kochi Tuskers Kerala - Promotional Video Director : Priyadarsan Music : Ouseppachan MY RATING : 8.8/10 Reflections The promotional video of Kochi Tuskers Kerala has been directed by Bollywood director Priyadarsan who hails from Trivandrum, Kerala. The theme song has been composed by national award winning music director Ouseppachan. The Promo video begins awesomely All the superstars jayawardene, mccullum, sreesanth, rp singh, parthiv patel, jadeja, muralitharan etc feature in this video The signature song of Kochi Tuskers Kerala is composed by veteran film score composer Ouseppachan. The music video for the song is being filmed by Priyadarshan and his cinematographer Thiru. The song was shot at various locales including Paravur, Cherraai, Varappuzha backwaters and the Kochi Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. It features almost all the leading players in the team as well as Malayalam movie actress, Rima Kallingal IPL "IPL 2011" "IPL 4" "Indian Premier Lea

Kochi Tuskers Kerala Captain – M Jayawardene           Coach – G Lawson Ground ·          Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi ·          Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore Squad Mahela Jayawardene (Captain) , Brad Hodge , Ravindra Jadeja, Michael Klinger, VVS Laxman, Brendon McCullum (wk) , Muttiah Muralitharan, Steve O'Keefe , Parthiv Patel (wk), Thisara Perera , Ramesh Powar, Owais Shah, RP Singh , Steven Smith, S Sreesanth , Vinay Kumar, Tanmay Srivastava, Deepak Chougule , Kedar Jadhav, Y Gnaneswara Rao, Sushant Marathe, Chandan Madan, Raiphi Vincent Gomez, Balachandra Akhil, Yashpal Singh, P Prasanth Best Performance in IPL – New Entrants Strengths ·          Jayawardene is a seasoned campaigner ·          Explosive opener in McCullum, he keeps wickets too ·          Brad Hodge is the highest run getter in domestic Twenty20 cricket ·          Spin King Muralitharan gets a chance to spin to his Chennai keeper Parthiv Patel ·          Parera is explosive with the bat as well as ba

Luckily they have decided to go for something different from FIGHTER kinda names like royals, kings, darevevils or warriors. This name was voted for most by an online poll and takes over from Indi Commandos Kerala Excerpts from cricinfo.com The Kochi team in the fourth edition of the IPL will be called 'Kochi Tuskers Kerala', a name decided on through an online poll. "The state animal of Kerala is the Asian Elephant, also known as the Indian Elephant. Therefore the appropriateness in selection of the Team Kochi IPL name, Kochi Tuskers Kerala by the fans all over India cannot be ignored. Elephants are the largest land animals alive today and their tusks are attractive, sharp and intimidating," Mukesh Patel, the director of Kochi Cricket Pvt Ltd, a consortium of six companies that are shareholders of the franchise, said. The team, which will be led by Mahela Jayawardene, had previously decided on the name 'Indi Commandos'. That has been now di

Kadala Curry (Kerala Chana Masala/Gram Curry) Kerala (Malayalee) Cuisine Recipe Spicy MY RATING - 9/10 Ingredients:- Black ChickPeas (Kadala) – 1 cup Sliced Onion – 1 medium Sliced Green Chillies – 2 Sliced Tomato – 1/2 Ginger-Garlic Paste – 1 tbsp Curry Leaves – a few Grated coconut – 1 tbsp Chopped Coriander Leaves – 1 tbsp Red Chilly Powder – 1/2 tsp Coriander powder – 1 and 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp Mustard Seeds -1/2 tsp Method:- Soak chickpeas overnight .Cook it in a pressure cooker adding enough water,salt ,green chillies,half of ginger-garlic paste and half of sliced onion.Heat little oil in a pan and add grated coconut into it.Fry till light brown and remove it from the pan and clean it well.Keep aside to cool.When it is cooled ,grind it along with 2 tsp of cooked chickpeas and coriander leaves.Again add oil into the same pan and add mustard seeds into it.When they pop,add the curry leaves and the rest of onion and ginger-garl

Vazhuthanengya(Brinjal) Thoran Kerala (malayali) Cuisine Recipe South Indian Cusine Recipe MY RATING - 8/10 This is an alternative to Fish fry Source - www.mallukitchen.com Ingredients   Brinjals - 2 Small onions chopped - 5 (or equivalent chopped big onion) Green chillies - 3 Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp Chilli powder - 1 tsp Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp Garam masala - 1/2 tsp Garlic pods - 2 Grated coconut - 1/2 cup Curry leaves - 3 or 4 Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Salt as required Oil - 2 tbsp Method   Slice the brinjal into thin round or half round pieces. Marinate with turmeric powder, chilli powder and salt. Keep aside for 15 mins. Meanwhile, grind together grated coconut, garlic, garam masala, pepper powder, green chillies and salt and keep aside. Heat oil in a pan and fry the brinjal pieces lightly until they change colour. (Important: dont overdo the frying). Remove from oil and keep aside. In the same oil used for frying splutter the mustard seeds. Add chopped on

SOURCE - Espncricinfo.com Mahela Jayawardene will captain Team Kochi in the 2011 IPL. The former Sri Lanka captain was asked to lead the IPL franchise whose squad also includes his fellow Sri Lanka team-mates Muttiah Muralitharan and Thisara Perera, on Tuesday, and said he would be "thrilled" to do so. "Leading an IPL franchise will be a really exciting personal challenge for me," Jayawardene said. "The fact that Kochi is a new franchise with such a passionate and knowledgeable fan base in Kerala makes the captaincy even more exciting." Jayawardene was Kochi's big signing, who bought him for US$1.5 million at the IPL auction in January, and said he is pleased with the mix of players in the side. "We have a very interesting mix of Indian and overseas players in the squad including a lot of variety in the bowling, a key factor that is crucial in T20 cricket. We also have some fine batsmen and some useful all rounders. With the right preparation a

KAVERI NADIYE (Keerthichakra OST) Click here* to Listen Music - Joshuaa Sridhar Singers - Karthik, Asha Menon Lyrics - Gireesh Puthuncherry Raagam - SreerAga MY RATING - 9.995/10 Reflections  Ever wondered what happens on the marriage of Malayalam and Tamil???? I am not talking about two people here! But of Music and Lyrics. We get something like Chennai Senthamizh or this one here KAVERI NADIYE from keerthichakra. It has been one of my favourite tracks ever since I heard it for the first 3 years back when my Haryanvi were busy bullying me for who I was - A SOUTHINDIAN!  :( sadly enough, I had to bear it all, for I had no supporter, infusing the very thought of separatist thinking in my mind for the first time in my mind and heart. What the hell? Assholes of that kind keep on panelling up every day in our lives...best thing is to ignore them! Let me get back to the song.  Kaveri Nadiye is the perfect blend of Carnatic Raga with Contemporary Style of Music, just like it amalgamates T

Avial:: This is a semi-dry preparation which is a mixture of all sorts of vegetables. Kerala Recipe MY RATING - 8.5/10 Ingredients:  (Serves 10) Yam sliced thinly into 11/2" length pieces 1cup Cucumber sliced lengthy into 11/2" thick pieces 1cup Snake gourd sliced into 11/2" length pieces 1cup Carrot sliced into into 11/2" length pieces 1/4cup Long runner-beans sliced into 11/2" length pieces 1/2cup Drumstick cut into 2" length pieces 2nos Raw bananas sliced into 11/2" length pieces 1no Mango pieces for sour Turmeric powder 1/2tsp Salt to taste Grated coconut 1/2quantity Green chillies 5nos Cumin seeds 1/2tsp Curry leaves 2sprigs Coconut oil 3tbs Method: Coarsely grind the coconut, green chillies and cumin seeds. Keep it aside. Clean the vegetables. Heat 2tbs coconut oil in a thick bottom vessel.  Add the vegetables and cook in a low flame.  Do not add water. When it is done, add turmeric powder, salt and mix it well.  R

For the past 2 and half months, clusters of men clad in black drapery have been trekking their way to finally reach their destination- SABARIMALA (शबरिमाला / ശബരിമല). The journey spanning a treacherous path of thorns and keeping alive severe worldly austerities on this journey to visit His Highness, Lord Ayyappa. Who is Ayyappa? People in the northern India often find the name funny and unsuitable for a God! Well, No offences, lack of knowledge can lead to such ignorant thinking. Lord Ayyappa is perhaps the most important Hindu deity for the people of Kerala and He is also followed in Tamil Nadu & Karnataka. Lord Ayyappa also known as Manikantha or the one with the bell around his throat is touted to be the son of Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu. Startled??? Surprised??? Shocked??? Well, the story dates back to the great Samudra Manthan (The churning of the Ocean) epic in the Hindu puranas. The clash took place between SurAs(Gods) and asurAs(Demons) to claim Amritham, which was a milky

Here's Wikipedia's excerpts on this Indian Festival that marks the sun's transit. Makar Sankranti (Sanskrit: मकर संक्रान्ति, Assamese: মকৰ সংক্রান্তি, Telugu: మకర సంక్రాంతి, Marathi: मकर संक्रान्ति, Kannada: ಮಕರ ಸಂಕ್ರಾಂತಿ) or Sankranti or Sankranthi marks the transition of the Sun into Makara rashi (Capricorn) on its celestial path. Traditionally, this has been one of many harvest days in India. Makaravillakku Ceremony in Sabarimala (Kerala) Owing to the vast geography and diversity of culture in India, this festival is celebrated for innumerable reasons and in innumerable ways depending on the climate, agricultural environment, cultural background and location. Sankranti is celebrated since last 6000 years, as archeological findings in Latin America prove that the Mayans celabrated something similar to Sankranthi with Pongal, Pala kayalu, as some kind of spring festival. Sankranti is the Sanskrit word, which refers to the transmigration of the Sun from one Rāshi(z