Dear Nikhil, It was quite fortunate that you were able to lay hands on this piece. Indeed we all are (and I hope I speak for all of us) fortunate that we have...
Dear Riju, Please don't "Sir" me. I feel a very wise man indeed when I'm called that and, as you know, wise men are generally reputed to be Old! I'm 28. ...
Because there are many ciphers which I would read as easily as I do the apocrypha of the agony column - such crude devices amuse the intelligence without...
Dear Nikhil, That was an absolute gem. I knew that Sir ACD had taken Dr WG Grace's wicket but the fact the he had written such a delightful poem was unknown to...
Dear Tony, Welcome to the Sherlock Holmes Society of India. Great to have among us. Please introduce yourself to us and tell us how you came to know about...
Dear Holmesians, Don't you feel it strange that The Greatest Detective ever failed to investigate The Greatest Murder Mystery ever i.e. The Jack the Ripper ...
... around and no doubt causing large scale depression, if only mentally initially. Isn't it possible then that people were willing to accept the fairies,...
Dear Sherlockians, Sumal has raised a relevant point - about Conan Doyle not writing about the Jack the Ripper murders. I think that Doyle's reverence for...
Dear Holmesians, Today being friendship day, I think the epitome of friendship was between Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Dr Watson went to the extent of...
Excuse, but I didn't understand right that you wanted to say, because I used the translator. Could you explain to me better the than there was with Holmes, in...
That's right Sumal. Such incidents abound in the history of Mankind. The more recent ones include the Elvis Presley rumor ("The King lives!!!"), the UFOs ("My...
Hey, I forgot to add the one which concerns us most. What about the innumerable letters and visits at 221B Baker Street from readers all over the world to...
The last word, as usual, Dr. Roy! :) I do seem to remember reading a book last year about Sherlock Holmes being involved in the Jack the Ripper mystery and,...
I guess you're right in that. I will have to re-read all of the Poirot-Hastings adventures since I don't remember any such incidents offhand. Sridhar sumalsn...
Hello, I think the book to which Sridhar refers is "The Last Sherlock Holmes Story," by Michael Dibden. This was Dibden's first book, he has since become a...
Hi Jeff and other SHians, I think you might be right about the name of the book. Unfortunately I did not get to buy it but only borrowed it off a friend whom I...
Dear Holmesians, You can't actually say that Sir ACD had not commented upon current day events. In fact" The Last Bow" was a direct comment on WWI and the ...
Dear Holmesians, I warmly welcome all the new members who have joined us. The members are cordially invited to participate in all discussions concerning the ...
As members will know, ACD was a truly assiduous 'letters to the editor' chap. I have a publication on his letters, some of which show a rather more forceful...
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Dear Holmesians, I remeber that Sir ACD had also stood as a candidate for the parliment but however lost. So the man was very much in sync with the world...
Dear Holmesians, In searches for a good story on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , I discovered this very interesting fact though I ma not very sure about its veracity....
Dear Sherlockians, One of our more proactive members – Sumal – has put forward a very interesting point: that Arthur Conan Doyle was given the idea of...
Hi Sumal,That was really an interesting info. I belong to Lucknow...I wish i could find out the authenticity o this fact somehow.regardsSwati* [Non-text...
Dear SHians, Prof. Roy has covered all bases, at least as far as my knowledge of an Indian connection in the Adventures goes. I can't think of anything else to...
Dear Pinaki and Holmesians, It was a inadvetent error that I had added the honorofic of" Dr" before your name. I am sorry if it caused embrassment. Thnks for...
Dear Sherlockians, It is a pity that it turned out to be a hoax. The Indian connection could have boosted India's standing in the Canon. I have always wondered...
Hello, Regarding Africa, "The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier" concers the fate of a soldier returning from the Boer War in South Africa, and in "The ...
Dear Holmesians, I think the ruffians in The Solitary Cyclist , Mr Carruthers and Mr Woodley were from South Africa. So there is one more association from...
Dear Holmesians, I would like to warmly welcome all members who have joined us recently. Please introduce yourselves so we get to know each other better. ...
