I don't know whether Conan Doyle brought Ireland into his fiction but he
certainly joined in the long and acrimonious (and tragic) debate over
Ireland, Home Rule etc.  This is shown in the several letters he had
published in such newspapers as The Evening News, Portsmouth, (6 July 1886),
The Irish Times (3 October 1900), and The Border Telegraph, Galashiels (9
January 1906).  In the latter he states, 'The Irish question is before us
once more.  My views upon it are the same as in Central Edinburgh in 1900...
I will never consent to a separate legislature for Ireland.  At the same
time I am strongly in favour of every ameliorative measure short of Home
Rule which can improve the relations between the two countries.'

Of course the whole question of Home Rule bedevilled British politics far on
into the future.  It had immeasurable damage on the old (Whig) Liberal Party
which Conan Doyle himself supported.


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[mailto:SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia@...] On Behalf Of Julia
Sent: 11 July 2005 03:17
To: SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia@...
Subject: [sherlock holmes society of india] Re: I am back; Doyle and Ireland

.....our esteemed menbers focus more on Doyle's relationship
with Ireland and with Christian Catholicism as revealed, if at all,
in the Sherlock Holmes stories.....

                                        I wonder, if Doyle were living in
this age
of New York 9/11, Madrid 3/11, and London 7/7, how would he
have made Holmes deal with these present scenarios!.....

Welcome back, Professor Roy,

I had not considered the relationship between Doyle's Irish-
Catholic heritage and the stories until now, but it's very true; at
no point in any of the stories or books did he ever allude to the
Irish question.    I hope members more learned than myself can
give some insight.

Your post reminded me that the name of the German spy in "His
Last Bow" was named "Altamont" (Charles Doyle's middle name).

I've given much thought over the last several days to how Doyle
would have had Holmes approach the recent events you
mentioned.  Haven't quite sorted it out yet.

Julia Huggins









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Dear Sherlockians,
  A small note on the Baker Street Irregulars,
   The Baker Street Irregulars are a group of fictional characters
featured in the Sherlock Holmes stories. They were a group of street
urchins who helped Holmes out from time to time. The head of the
group was called Wiggins. Holmes paid them a shilling a day (plus
expenses), with a guinea prize (worth one pound and one shilling) for
a vital clue.

The Baker Street Irregulars are also an organization of Sherlock
Holmes enthusiasts founded in 1934 by Christopher Morley. Members
have included Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Rex Stout
and Isaac Asimov. They continue to convene every January in New York
City for an annual dinner, which forms part of a weekend of
celebration and study involving other Sherlockian groups and
individuals as well.

The BSI, as it calls itself, is considered the preeminent Sherlockian
group in the United States. There are also "scion societies" approved
by the BSI in dozens of local communities. Most scion societies
welcome new members, but the BSI does not accept applications for
membership -- instead, membership and the awarding of an "Irregular
Shilling" comes as an honour to those who have made a name for
themselves in local groups or in Sherlockian publications.

The present leader of the BSI is Michael Whelan of Indianapolis,
Indiana.

Dear Sherlockians,
  A warm welcome to all new members. I hope you will introduce
yourselves and please contribute on the societies web page by getting
involved
sumal

Dear Sherlockians,
  It seems all the writers of that period were convinced of the white
man 's superiority vis a vis the native , Kipling and Churchill being
the most prominent among them.The only writer who seemed to be
sympathetic to the native in my opinion was John Masters.
  I hope this topic does not develop into a raging controversy.
  sumal

Salutations to all Sherlockians,
  I partially agree with you but however since we are a open forum any
views on the Master is welcome , provided they are not offensive. BTW,
welcome back , it is quite sometime since you have made a post. Your
post was very well written and exhaustive.
Sumal

Dear james27word,

Thank you for your reply; more information for me to absorb
and research.

One of the things I've enjoyed during my short time on this
Group is being comfortable in asking questions, and being
given scholarly answers that encourage me to learn more,
which is, to me, the true meaning of knowledge.

I hope that others less scholarly than yourself will feel
comfortable in posting "somewhat divergant from the true
Canon" if that post leads them to  explore more on ACD and
the Canon itself.

As you are a Moderator, may I suggest you introduce a topic for
discussion?

Mrs Julia Huggins

Salutations to all Sherlockians

The recent postings have been somewhat divergent from the
true Canon. The most recent was a breath of fresh air to me.
The posting concerning "Fort Agra" as mentioned in The Sign
of Four

Salutations to all Sherlockians


The recent postings have been somewhat divergent from the true Canon.

The most recent was a breath of fresh air to me. The posting
concerning

"Fort Agra" as mentioned in The Sign of Four..........has presented

several possible levels of interpretation depending on ones
dedication

to the "Truth" of intention in the writings, more so than biased

perceptions based on written history (history was written by the
winners?)

Points of question.......

Proximity of the Ganges to the alluded "Fort Agra"

Presence of Indigo farms near the "Fort Agra"

The perceived "loyalty" of J. Small when such loyalty was past and
beyond recognition by his "comrades"

It would seem that a provincial rebellious tone present in the
posting has squarely hit upon a nerve in the superficial "canvas"
which has been vaguely embodied in this story, a story told in a
manner which most would never conclude to be rife with colonialism.

So many people have secured a personal valuation of ethical conduct
when presented in such wholly digestable literary prose.

The slight against characterization should be relegated to the past,
where it belongs, and such activity when punctuated with divergent
appeals in humanity for where there is this perceived "unjust"
"unqualified" or otherwise unacceptable references should be taken
with the proverbial "grain of salt".

In view of the diverse ages present on this discussion board, the
young often sally forth with some illusion passed on by well meaning
seniors, all imbued with their own sense of injustice.

The Holmes stories deal more with injustice .........perhaps a
vision of the world over a hundred years ago.......and it is within
our pervue to set a line of personal practicalities when addressing
the "injustice" as quite often seen through the eyes of the common
day reader ( me for one )

Not to say that everyone should agree or even disagree..........
Since the English language is dynamic and changes are occuring
daily...for us to fully comprehend the language as it is presented
in a form which has not been used for quite some time, I believe
that a modicum of literary license is due Mr.
Doyle........considering two key facts......

fact one................he is dead

fact two................we are not


Technical advances in our society are now creating new language
barriers.......compound pnemonics used in industry gravitate into
daily language often.......the source of words, the root of the
source, the initial concept of vision for device utilizations, would
have not set well with Mr. Holmes in his world of exactitude.
So when a story is analyzed in present day language, we are almost
afforded a vision of the past.......as long as our understanding
using current language equivalents are held in check........by not
being so finely tuned to "possible descriptive slights"

My view is from that of an average enthusiast of the Canon, while
others may have different views......more accurate or less accurate

Irrelevance to all......because I like the stories for what they
are.......good stories with an interesting slant........

I remain,

Your Fellow Sherlockian......

James27Word

Dear Sherlockians,



This has reference to Ms. Julia Higgins question regarding the Agra Fort about
which Arthur Conan Doyle has written in the twelfth chapter of “The Sign of
Four”.



The city of Agra is located in the state of Uttar Pradesh, 25.09 N 78.00 E
(there is also an Agra in Spain, 42.12 N 1.43 W), and is renowned all throughout
the world for the presence of the Taj Mahal. However, there are also different
large and small forts in and around Agra, and having had reread “The Sign of
Four”, I think that Doyle, by the Agra fort, has not referred to any definite
fort, but has used it to portray the fortification of the English troops in
India during the time of the Great Sepoy Mutiny. All throughout the twelfth
chapter (pp. 672-688) of in his “The Annotated Sherlock Holmes”, volume I (New
York: Clarkson and Potter, 1967), William S. Baring-Gould has also not explained
anything in special about the Agra fort. One thing must, however, be mentioned
here – there was really a diamond named ‘The Great Mogul’ that was recovered
from Golconda in 1650, and has had not been found after the British troops
seized Delhi in 1739. There is a theory that someone has thrown
  it down in the Thames.



                                    Doyle’s Agra fort demonstrates how the
intelligent British colonisers learned to protect themselves against the
onslaughts of the Indian Sepoys by using the latters’ buildings and castles
during the Mutiny.  During the first great Indian struggle for freedom that
started on 10 May 1857, simultaneous attacks were launched against the British
forces in the months of June and July at places located particularly in the
state of Uttar Pradesh that were not very far away from Agra – including
Lucknow, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Jaunpur, Shahjahanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut,
Gwalior and Jhansi. Fortifications were prepared in Agra too, and the fort
remains as a monument of the initial triumph of the British troops over the
Sepoys. It is significant that Doyle’s Agra fort is divided into two sections –
the modern half that is suggestively inhabited only by the Europeans, and the
old that is deserted. This old portion actually serves to designate the heritage
of
  India, and following Edward W. Said’s perspective, it might be reasoned that
Doyle’s Orientalist bias toward India distorts its heritage – it is reportedly
inhabited only by “the scorpions and the centipedes”. With the arrival of
Jonathan Small, the onus of safeguarding the Indian building is unobtrusively
passed to the Briton who is perceptively culturally superior to Mahomet Singh
and Abdullah Khan. The fort also serves as Doyle’s canvas for portraying the
legendary ‘Eastern inscrutability and treacherousness’ – culminating in the
murder of Achmet, and exhibits India to the Orientalists as being really the lad
of ‘rajas and gemstones’.



This is, of course, my own view! I shall be grateful to the other esteemed
Sherlockians if they let us know their own views about Ms. Higgins’s question
and my observations.



Thanking you,





Yours sincerely,



(Pinaki Roy)









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Faculty Member (P),

Department of English,

Balurghat College,

Post Office: Balurghat – 733 101

District: Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal



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work gets over
sumal

Dear Members --

Once again, I admit to some ignorance in geography and history, but,
in local parlance, "if you don't ask, you don't know"!

Can someone tell me a bit of history on the Fort of Agra (The Sign of
Four)?

Julia Huggins

--- In SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia@..., "Julia"
<julialhuggins@n...> wrote:

>
> Your post reminded me that the name of the German spy in "His
> Last Bow" was named "Altamont" (Charles Doyle's middle name).

In the story, "Altamont" was a member of a criminal organization in
Skibareen, and fled to New York, then Chicago. Was there any
suggestion that Irish terrorists found support among the American
Irish?

Also, "His Last Bow" was published in 1917. I think the previously
published story was "The Valley of Fear," in 1915. This story also
featured an Irish secret society, the Scowrers. Any reason why Doyle
would be thinking along these lines?

I think that around this time came the trial of Sir Roger Casement,
whose involvement with the Irish nationalists (and their involvement
with the Germans) led to his being hanged in the wake of the Easter
Uprising. Casement's diaries revealed his sexual involvement with
young men; the British circulated this information in an attempt to
influence the trial. Doyle knew of Casement from his work in the
Belgan Congo (Casement had exposed the enslavement of the Congolese
in a report to Parliament in 1904; following this, the Congo Reform
Association enlisted many famous persons in the crusade, Doyle among
them). Characteristically, Doyle came to Casement's defence, publicly
stating that the British smear campaign was irrelevant to the charges
of treason; further, that the diaries showed Casement to be mentally
unsound and so should be considered a mitigating factor.

There is a discussion of the case at
http://soalinux.comune.firenze.it/holmes/inglese/ing_casement.htm

I would be interested to hear more of Doyle's politics in the 20th
century, as it related to colonial attitudes.

.....our esteemed menbers focus more on Doyle's relationship
with Ireland and with Christian Catholicism as revealed, if at all,
in the Sherlock Holmes stories.....

                                        I wonder, if Doyle were living in this
age
of New York 9/11, Madrid 3/11, and London 7/7, how would he
have made Holmes deal with these present scenarios!.....

Welcome back, Professor Roy,

I had not considered the relationship between Doyle's Irish-
Catholic heritage and the stories until now, but it's very true; at
no point in any of the stories or books did he ever allude to the
Irish question.    I hope members more learned than myself can
give some insight.

Your post reminded me that the name of the German spy in "His
Last Bow" was named "Altamont" (Charles Doyle's middle name).

I've given much thought over the last several days to how Doyle
would have had Holmes approach the recent events you
mentioned.  Haven't quite sorted it out yet.

Julia Huggins

Dear Sherlockians,



                                         Excuse me for my long absence from the
discussions of the Sherlock Holmes Society of India. In fact, I have returned to
Balurghat after an extensive period of travelling through the Dooars and Terai
of northern Bengal, and have discovered, much to my elation, that a number of
new members have joined our group. Please allow me to welcome them all.



                                         What has repeatedly bothered me while
reading the Sherlock Holmes canon that Arthur Conan Doyle, in spite of his Irish
Catholic ascendancy, had chosen to maintain silence about the Irish question in
his detective stories that have, nevertheless, focussed on the problem of evil
among the Russians (“The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez”), the Germans (“His
Last Vow”), and the Italians (“The Adventure of the Six Napoleons”). In “The
Colonial Conan Doyle: British Imperialism, Irish Nationalism and the Gothic”
(Westport-Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2002), Catherine Wynne notes that
Doyle’s paternal grandfather, John Doyle, had originally left Ireland for London
in the early 19th century. Charles Altamont Doyle was committed to the cause of
Irish separatism, and Arthur’s uncle resigned from his position as main
cartoonist for “Punch” after the journal launched an attack on the Pope.
Consequently, British imperialism, Irish nationalism, and Catholic
  allegiance converge uneasily in his works. But there is no prominent or
villainous Irishman in the fifty six short Sherlock Holmes stories and four
novels.



                                          However, I can hardly ignore the
question of the Irish Republican Army. The paramilitary organization was founded
in 1919 – when Doyle was busy producing Holmes narratives – to seek the end of
the British rule in Northern Ireland. After the establishment of the Irish Free
State in 1922, the I.R.A refused to accept a separate Northern Ireland and there
was an escalation in violence. Though the creator of Sherlock Holmes has never
vociferously supported the Irish paramilitary organization, he has also chosen
not to chastise it. I would be obliged if our esteemed members focus more on
Doyle’s relationship with Ireland and with Christian Catholicism as revealed, if
at all, in the Sherlock Holmes stories.



                                       I wonder, if Doyle were living in this age
of New York 9/11, Madrid 3/11, and London 7/7, how would he have made Holmes
deal with these present scenarios!



Yours sincerely,



Pinaki Roy





From:



Pinaki Roy,

Faculty Member (P),

Department of English,

Balurghat College,

Post Office: Balurghat – 733 101,

District: Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal


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I wish to expess solidarity with all british people and londoners in
particular  at the utterly repulsive
attack so mercilessly aimed at killing and maiming innocent people .
my prayers are with the families of those who lost their lives as well as
those who are struggling to survive.
kumar bhatia






At 08:09 AM 7/9/2005 +0000, you wrote:
>There are 2 messages in this issue.
>
>Topics in this digest:
>
>       1. RE: I hope you join with me....
>            From: "Tim Symonds" <tim.symonds@...>
>       2. Re: I hope you join with me....
>            From: "Julia" <julialhuggins@...>
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>
>________________________________________________________________________
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>    Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 13:19:38 +0100
>    From: "Tim Symonds" <tim.symonds@...>
>Subject: RE: I hope you join with me....
>
>
>OK, how would the Great Detective and his acolyte, the estimable Dr Watson,
>go about tracking the terrorists down?  Don't forget, Holmes largely
>eschewed modern techniques, viz his reluctance to adopt the new fingerprint
>techniques developed by the turn of the Century.
>
>One thing readers might find interesting is that for a while after it was
>realised the explosions were indeed bombs, the whole of our mobile phone
>system went 'off the air'.  Apparently (I have no confirmation of this,
>though) mobile phones were used in the Spanish attack to detonate the
>charge, and in London it may have been thought further explosions on the
>Underground were possible.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia@...
>[mailto:SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia@...] On Behalf Of ankit
>srivastava
>Sent: 08 July 2005 07:05
>To: SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia@...
>Subject: Re: [sherlock holmes society of india] I hope you join with me....
>
>I express my grief at the madness which has struck
>London. It only goes on to prove that terrorism knows
>no boundaries.
>
>Ankit
>
>--- sridhar C <cs_gollum@...> wrote:
>
>
>---------------------------------
>I pray for the victims and families of this barbaric
>and despicable act of terrorism. I pray also that no
>further such acts occur in the future anywhere in the
>world.
>
>
>Sridhar
>
>Julia <julialhuggins@...> wrote:
>Hello Members,
>
>I hope you join with in an expression of prayer and
>sympathy for
>the victims and families of today's senseless attack
>on the people
>of London.
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>Yours,
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>Subject: Re: I hope you join with me....
>
>Hello Tim,
>
>I have to confess that, in an effort to erase in  my mind the
>stupidity of the attacks, I "wished" Holmes and Watson were on
>the case. But, they are, as Holmes himself said, "a fixed point in
>a changing age".
>
>In this instance, I think I would rather be with Holmes' bee-
>keeping in Sussex.
>
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>OK, how would the Great Detective and his acolyte, the estimable
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Hello Tim,

I have to confess that, in an effort to erase in  my mind the
stupidity of the attacks, I "wished" Holmes and Watson were on
the case. But, they are, as Holmes himself said, "a fixed point in
a changing age".

In this instance, I think I would rather be with Holmes' bee-
keeping in Sussex.

Julia

OK, how would the Great Detective and his acolyte, the estimable
Dr Watson,  go about tracking the terrorists down?

OK, how would the Great Detective and his acolyte, the estimable Dr Watson,
go about tracking the terrorists down?  Don't forget, Holmes largely
eschewed modern techniques, viz his reluctance to adopt the new fingerprint
techniques developed by the turn of the Century.

One thing readers might find interesting is that for a while after it was
realised the explosions were indeed bombs, the whole of our mobile phone
system went 'off the air'.  Apparently (I have no confirmation of this,
though) mobile phones were used in the Spanish attack to detonate the
charge, and in London it may have been thought further explosions on the
Underground were possible.

-----Original Message-----
From: SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia@...
[mailto:SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia@...] On Behalf Of ankit
srivastava
Sent: 08 July 2005 07:05
To: SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia@...
Subject: Re: [sherlock holmes society of india] I hope you join with me....

I express my grief at the madness which has struck
London. It only goes on to prove that terrorism knows
no boundaries.

Ankit

--- sridhar C <cs_gollum@...> wrote:


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I pray for the victims and families of this barbaric
and despicable act of terrorism. I pray also that no
further such acts occur in the future anywhere in the
world.


Sridhar

Julia <julialhuggins@...> wrote:
Hello Members,

I hope you join with in an expression of prayer and
sympathy for
the victims and families of today's senseless attack
on the people
of London.

Yours,
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Ankit

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further such acts occur in the future anywhere in the
world.


Sridhar

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sympathy for
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on the people
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Yours,
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Hello Members,

I hope you join with in an expression of prayer and sympathy for
the victims and families of today's senseless attack on the people
of London.

Yours,
Julia Huggins

Welcome aboard, all new members; look forward to some discussion and
information-sharing.
Julia

Hi,

Let me have the pleasure of Introducing myself to this group. I am
Ankit Srivastava from lucknow, although presently I am pursuing higher
studies in University of California.

I am a big fan of Sherlock holmes and have been reading Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle since class 10th (if I remember correctly). I never knew
that such a society existed and only came to know of it via a listing
on the site http://en.wikipedia.org. I am looking forward to knowing
more about the greatest logical mind that ever adorned the hallowed
pathways of literature.

Julian Barnes is the right person for this case. I'm looking forward
to this one.


--- In SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia@..., "jeff_katz_2"
<jeff_katz@h...> wrote:
> The recent "Scuttlebutt" from Black Peter
> (http://members.cox.net/sherlock1/2005.txt) notes that Julian Barnes'
> new novel "Arthur and George" is to be published by Jonathan Cape in
> July. The notice on Barnes' web-site
> (http://www.julianbarnes.com/bib/arthur&george.html) gives a
> description and links to several reviews.
>
> This case still attracts interest, nearly 100 years later.

Thanks, Jeff.."MY" Netscape (as they quaintly call it) wouldn't link to that
site...if anyone else has trouble, try:

http://members.cox.net/sherlock1/most.txt

Julia Huggins





The recent "Scuttlebutt" from Black Peter
(http://members.cox.net/sherlock1/2005.txt) notes that Julian Barnes'
new novel "Arthur and George" is to be published by Jonathan Cape in
July. The notice on Barnes' web-site
(http://www.julianbarnes.com/bib/arthur&george.html) gives a
description and links to several reviews.

This case still attracts interest, nearly 100 years later.






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The recent "Scuttlebutt" from Black Peter
(http://members.cox.net/sherlock1/2005.txt) notes that Julian Barnes'
new novel "Arthur and George" is to be published by Jonathan Cape in
July. The notice on Barnes' web-site
(http://www.julianbarnes.com/bib/arthur&george.html) gives a
description and links to several reviews.

This case still attracts interest, nearly 100 years later.

I heard that her books are very good, witty and humerous, but I
inderstand in one of the books she actually marries Holmes, and
I can't seem to get my mind around that thought!

--- In
SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia@..., "rishiiyengar"
<rishiiyengar@y...> wrote:
> Has anyone read her pastiches? An acquaintance
recommended the series,
> but I'm uncertain about whether to invest in the books or not.
Any
> information is welcome.

Has anyone read her pastiches? An acquaintance recommended the series,
but I'm uncertain about whether to invest in the books or not. Any
information is welcome.

Hi Sumal,

I'm still very much in London, but I have some free time these days.
So, I will be participating more often on the forum. Any plans to have
some kind of meet between members in India?

cheers
r

--- In SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia@..., "Julia"
<julialhuggins@n...> wrote:
> It's a VERY warm, very still night here.  Outside, and on-line, all I
> hear are crickets  :D

Actually, we were all active, but we decided to leave you out of it.
What you really heard was my famously misleading impression of
crickets chirping.

  I just saw the petition, and I've signed it. I hope I'll be around
here long enough to see the memorial go up!

Hi, thanks for your msg....not sure what to call it, but, I think I'm on
"furlough", meaning "we cut all promised pay rises, what would you like to do?" 
I opted to go on furlough, and am working for a contractor who is renovating an
historic building in Washington DC.  Can return to AA whenever I want, but my
mortgage holder would prefer I stay where I'm at for the time being!

Julia Huggins

-----Original Message-----
From: Capt Ashish <swapnashish@...>
To: SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia@...
Sent: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 09:21:50 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: [sherlock holmes society of india] Re: Sorry for my
non-participation




Julia <julialhuggins@...> wrote:
Hi julia

How are u? sending this email having subject apart from Sherlock Holmes society.
I just wanted to know r u still working with American Airlines. If not what r u
doing at present?

Bye and take care- Ashish


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Julia <julialhuggins@...> wrote:
Hi julia

How are u? sending this email having subject apart from Sherlock Holmes society.
I just wanted to know r u still working with American Airlines. If not what r u
doing at present?

Bye and take care- Ashish


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