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Chetan Bhagat has already taken over October and November. Ravinder Singh, Preeti Shenoy & Sudeep Nagarkar will be churning out their new titles in the month of December. It would be interesting to see if readers bless That Frequent Visitor with an open heart. Can Paranormal Fiction survive the in reign of Chiclit/Romance or topple it altogether? Only time will tell. At this moment all I can say is that the word is out, K.Hari Kumar  will be competing with the biggest and most popular authors in December for a prominent place in the heart of readers across India and the world beyond. That Frequent Visitor is published by one of India's biggest publishers - Srishti Publishers & Distributors. I'd request my friends, readers and well wishers to buy a copy of That Frequent Visitor (rather than asking for free copies) if you wish to read a complete story that is different from whatever you have read till date. What was once a spark in my mind, went on to bec

Cinco Saltos is a city in the province of Rio Negro, Argentina, located on the eastern side of the valley of the Neuquén River, near the Pellegrini Lake, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) from northwest of Neuquén and 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Allen. It has 19,819 inhabitants as per the 2001 census. The name  Cinco Saltos  (literally “Five Jumps”) refers to the five level steps of the canal that starts upstream at the Ingeniero Ballester Dam and passes by the eastern limit of the city. The first settlers came to this land in 1914. At first the layout of the town was made in the area north of the railroad, but in 1918 floods covered such lots and prevented further building. On September 16, 1925 formed the Village Development Committee. During the early years, the city did not have health care, safe medical mobile, just on 3 January 1960, it opened the local rural hospital, with the presence of the then Governor Edgardo Castello. The city’s growth was boosted by the creation of the

The  Iulia Hasdeu Castle  is a folly house built in the form of small castle by historian and politician  Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu  in the city of Câmpina, Prahova County, Romania. The only descendant of Hasdeu family was Iulia, a prodigy child, born on 14th November 1869 and dead eighteen years later, on 17th September 1888 from an unmerciful tuberculosis. At the age of 11 she graduated at "St. Sava" Gymnasium and the Music Academy of Bucharest (piano and canto). As a pupil of the "Sévigné" College of Paris, where she continued her secondary school studies, Iulia aroused her teacher's admiration for her brilliant intelligence. She took private lessons in drawing, painting, piano playing and canto. She continuously wrote poems, prose and theater plays. At 16, she attended the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy at "La Sorbonne" in Paris. Meanwhile, Iulia attended courses at the School of Higher Studies in Paris. Her literary creation was to appear po

As I count down to the release of my second novel, That Frequent Visitor , I will be posting some of the spookiest factoids I have come across on the internet. You don't have to believe all of them or none at all, however, given the amount of Tim Burton movies & Scooby Doo cartoons I have nourished myself with, I can't stop getting fascinated by these Legends . The first one from the series has been presented by ScoobyDoo Fan  on 4girlsandaghost.wordpress.com and they are taking you all the way to Ireland. Spring Hill 4girlsandaghost.wordpress.com SPRING HILL - The 17th-century Plantation House, home for nearly 300 years of the Lenox-Conyngham family, reputedly plays host to the most-sighted and best documented ghost in Ireland. Site of the tragic suicide of then-master George  Lenox-Conyngham  in 1816, the Blue Bedroom is the traditional setting for the many well-recorded appearances of the tall lady, dressed in black, always said to be George's widow, Olivi

Time to re-work on my second book's cover. Any suggestions for 'That Frequent Visitor'? The book is a Gothic thriller set in 1948 Calcutta and Contemporary Kochi with elements of dark humor, essential romance and psychological frenzy present in plenty.

I took this photograph on a foggy winter morning in Sec 57, Gurgaon in 2009. The image stayed with me like an engraved memory and later on became the inspiration for the character of Little Arshad in my debut novel  When Strangers Meet .. This is the exact same location where he has been described to walk in the third chapter of my book, When Strangers meet.. Although the book describes the location as somewhere in Ghittorni, however, it's a secret between you and me... the actual place is Gurgaon  2009 ©  K.Hari Kumar  Photography READ, REVIEW and WIN $250! As the second impression of the paperback edition of my debut novel, 'When Strangers meet..' finds its way into the hearts of the Indian readers... I decided to put up an offer for those who could not get their hand on the paperback. Now, The Stranger is available with a brand new look on kindle for everyone for as low as $5 (and Rs. 67 in India). I give you the International version of When Str