Case of Baskerville hound’s dubious origin http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040602/asp/foreign/story_3321050.asp Congratulations on your third anniversary!...
Dear Manraviel, It is indeed a great pleasure to me to become a member of the Sherlock Holmes Society of India. It was actually just a casual search for the...
Hello Shridhar You are indeed welcome. We look forward to your contributions. And yes, I agree that 'Mandala of Sherlock Holmes' is an interesting book. I see...
Hi All Congragulations to everyone and especially Sumal for the third anniversary. I daresay that we should celebrate it, albeit lack of ideas regarding the...
Hi, It has been interesting to see a few messages on our anniversary by the usual suspects . Welcome to the new entrants, Sridhar, hope to hear from you on the...
Hi all, Thanks for the special mention but it is a collective effort that has kept the site going. Hoping to see the same level of participation in future too...
Hi, Satyajit Ray says there are only about 56 (or some such) basic plots that all writers of detective fiction play around with. Two of his adventures, The...
Hi folks, Sorry for going underground, but work interefered with the important stuff in life. First, many congratulations are in order for all those who've...
... latter?!! Many, many stories in the Canon begin with an observation of conditions/ a person outside. Recall that in a Study in Scarlet, Holmes explains his...
I think this is a terrific idea - get to know me better (those who are interested)! 1. Name: C. Sridhar 2. Age/Sex: 26/m 3. Location/Native of: Chennai/India ...
Hi, It's true what Rishi says about weather conditions presaging dark events. It sure does give a sort of heightened Gothic effect to the narrative. It's rare...
... narrative. It's called the "pathetic fallacy". It's also stormy outside in the Valley of Fear when McMurder is murdod and the Holmes & co get the news. The...
... The breaking into thoughts funda is from Edgar Allan Poe- also explicitly mentioned in the Canon. Watson expresses an admiration for Poe's detective for...
Holmes doesn't seem to have much respect for "the Granddaddy of detective fiction's" sleuth, Auguste Dupin, though. :) ... Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try...
... detective fiction's" sleuth, Auguste Dupin, though. :) Yup. In fact, the whole *point* of Holmes' little demonstration was to prove that Dupin's lil' trick...
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Dear all, I think Agatha Christie' s Hercule Poirot was a tribute to Holmes. What say you? sumal...
All the other members of the Sherlockian Society of India, I understand that I am the newest to join this group. I beg for your permission to introduce myself...
To: Mr. Sumal, Sir, No, I do not think that Agatha Christie had created her immortal sleuth as a tribute to Holmes. As far as the related documents are...
Pinaki: Thank you for both the postings. The Poirot vs Holmes one was quite interesting (not to say your bio isn't) and as a Holmes fan who happily reads other...
I'm sorry I haven't been here for a while. Seems that there's a lot going on. I don't think Poirot was a tribute to Holmes. I've always felt as if he was more...
A reporter asked Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1894 if he had been influenced by the work of Edgar Allen Poe. The creator of Sherlock Holmes replied, “Oh,...
A PhD on Holmes! Fascinating. I'd be very interested if you could tell us the topic of your thesis. Was actually planning to post on ACD and spiritualism, but...
... hell-bent on proving to everybody that he did not hold the same opinions as Holmes about the matter. I mean a poem...? And I agree when you said that it...
He KNEW his epic poetry. Was his specialty, in fact. My copy of Humphrey Carpenter has accounts of how beautifully he used to read extracts from the Edda....
Yes, I agree with you Pinaki when you say that Poirot is styled more on Dupin rather than Holmes. I believe their similarities go only as far as their having a...
I just bought my Humphrey Carpenter. Have yet to read it though. My favourite poem is 'Lay of Nimrodel' by Legolas when the fellowship is just entering Lorien...
