diff --git a/tutorial-first-akka/pom.xml b/tutorial-first-akka/pom.xml
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+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>tutorial.first.akka</groupId>
+  <artifactId>tutorial-first-akka</artifactId>
+  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <name>tutorial-first-akka</name>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+  </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>se.scalablesolutions.akka</groupId>
+            <artifactId>akka-actor</artifactId>
+            <version>1.3.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>se.scalablesolutions.akka</groupId>
+            <artifactId>akka-remote</artifactId>
+            <version>1.3.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <repositories>
+        <repository>
+            <id>typesafe</id>
+            <name>Typesafe Repository</name>
+            <url>http://repo.typesafe.com/typesafe/releases/</url>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>
+</project>
diff --git a/tutorial-first-akka/src/main/java/tutorial/first/akka/HelloWorld.java b/tutorial-first-akka/src/main/java/tutorial/first/akka/HelloWorld.java
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+package tutorial.first.akka;
+
+import akka.actor.ActorRef;
+import akka.actor.UntypedActor;
+import static akka.actor.Actors.*;
+
+/**
+ * Hello Munish!
+ *
+ */
+public class HelloWorld extends UntypedActor
+{
+    public static void main( String[] args )
+    {
+        //create and start the actor
+    	ActorRef actor = actorOf(HelloWorld.class).start();
+        
+        //send the message to the actor and wait for response
+    	Object response = actor.ask("Munish").get();
+        
+    	//print the response
+        System.out.println(response);
+        
+        //stop the actor
+        actor.stop();
+    }
+
+	@Override
+	public void onReceive(Object message) throws Exception {
+		
+		//recieve and reply to the message recieved
+		getContext().tryReply("Hello " + message);
+		
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tutorial-first-akka/src/main/java/tutorial/first/akka/HelloWorldClient.java b/tutorial-first-akka/src/main/java/tutorial/first/akka/HelloWorldClient.java
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+package tutorial.first.akka;
+
+import akka.actor.ActorRef;
+import static akka.actor.Actors.*;
+
+public class HelloWorldClient {
+
+	/**
+	 * @param args
+	 */
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		// client code
+		ActorRef actor = remote().actorFor(
+		  "hello-service", "localhost", 2552);
+		Object response = actor.ask("Munish").get(); 
+		System.out.println(response);
+	}
+
+}
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diff --git a/tutorial-first-akka/src/main/java/tutorial/first/akka/HelloWorldServer.java b/tutorial-first-akka/src/main/java/tutorial/first/akka/HelloWorldServer.java
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+package tutorial.first.akka;
+
+import akka.actor.UntypedActor;
+import static akka.actor.Actors.*;
+
+public class HelloWorldServer extends UntypedActor {
+
+	public void onReceive(Object msg) {
+		getContext().tryReply("Hello " + msg);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param args
+	 */
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		// start the service
+		remote().start("localhost", 2552).register("hello-service",
+				actorOf(HelloWorldServer.class));
+
+	}
+
+}
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