Tag: Interviews
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A Writer’s Perseverance: Throwback To My First Major Interview
This throwback photo isn’t just a picture; it’s a window into a turning point in my writing career. Ten years ago, in my village home in Kerala, the mobile phone buzzed, connecting me to my first major interview with a major national newspaper, The Hindu.
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ഒരു എന്ജിനിയര് പറയുന്ന കഥകള്
അമ്മ പറഞ്ഞു തന്ന കഥകളിലൂടെ സ്വപ്നങ്ങള് കണ്ടിരുന്ന കാലം. ആ യാത്രകള്ക്കൊടുവില് എഴുത്തുകാരന് എന്ന പേരു കൂടി ഒപ്പം കൂട്ടിയിരിക്കുന്നു ഈ ചെറുപ്പക്കാരന്. ആഗ്രഹം അത്രമേല് ശക്തമാണെങ്കില് സ്വപ്നങ്ങളൊക്കെ കൈക്കുമ്പിളിലേക്ക് എത്തിക്കാമെന്നു തെളിയിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു തൃശൂര് ഇരിങ്ങാലക്കുടക്കാരന് കെ ഹരികുമാര്.
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The Stolen Necklace
Dive into the world of true crime narratives with host K. Hari Kumar and seasoned Indian journalist Shevlin Sebastian as they discuss the book ‘The Stolen Necklace’ and the art of weaving captivating stories from real-life incidents.
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Storyteller at Heart
Interview originally printed in Deccan Chronicle in June 2013. Wannabe writers might want to try travelling in trains when they feel creative. Back in 1990 J. K. Rowling was on a train to London when the idea for Harry Potter just “fell into her head”. Twenty years later, K. Hari Kumar wrote his first novel on…
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INTERVIEW| Fear defines horror and the reader must be able to perceive that: Author K. Hari Kumar
Inspiration comes from all quarters; films, folktales and even cartoons. I have read stories from Chandamama, and ghost stories of Charles Dickens, Satyajit Ray and Ruskin Bond. Pet Sematary was the full-fledged horror novel that made a deep impact in my mind. The Butcher’s Theater by Jonathan Kellerman made me realise that every horror story…
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Why is the horror genre still an underrated one in India?
Screenwriter and bestselling horror writer K. Hari Kumar finds the genre’s market marginalised and untapped despite our rich oral horror tradition. “Only few retain the taste in horror, while majority keep away because of the fear it instilled in their mind. The tendency to choose an international writer sometimes puts Indian English writers of the…