Sherlock Holmes In India

The Detective and His Followers

SHERLOCK HOLMES IN INDIA

Jayantika (Jay) Ganguly

General Secretary & Editor, SHSI

November 22, 2014: London

https://www.facebook.com/SherlockHolmesSocietyOfIndia

SHERLOCK HOLMES SOCIETY OF

INDIA - SHSI

The game is afoot.

“He is a quiet, inscrutable fellow, as most of those Indians are.”

SHSI Poster

designed by:

Mr Petr Kopl

• In the 1970s, Dr. G. Krishnamurthi founded The Sherlock Homes Societyof Madras. It had over 30 members and had regular meetings. DrKrishnamurthi has also contended that Sherlock's birthday fell on July 4,1854 as opposed to January 6, 1854 which we usually celebrate.

• The Sherlock Holmes Society of India was founded on May 28, 2001 byMr Sumal Surendranath, currently the President of SHSI

• SHSI has about 200 core members and over 1170 on Facebook

• SHSI Annual Meet is held over the fourth weekend of August each year

• “Irregular Scion Society” of The Baker Street Irregulars

• Bi-annual publication – e-magazine: “Proceedings of the PondicherryLodge” (June 1 and December 1)

BACKGROUND

• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SherlockHolmesSocietyOfIndia

• Website at http://www.sherlockholmessociety.in/

• Membership: http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia

• Email: [email protected] and [email protected]

COORDINATES

SHERLOCK HOLMES IN INDIA

Footprints of the Detective

“For myself, my term of service in India had trained me to stand heat better than cold, and a thermometer at ninety was no hardship.”

• Sherlock Holmes was never(officially) in India, but recognisesan Indian Rupee

• Dr Watson landed in Bombay(Mumbai)

• “Experiments in Advocacy” is acollection of essays by Dr KailashNath Katju. It has two essaysdedicated to Sherlock:

• “Sherlock Holmes in India”

• “The Sherlock Holmes MethodApplied in Court”

SHERLOCK HOLMES IN INDIA

Art by Ms Marilena Duca, Italy

1) Allahabad (Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh)

2) Agra (Agra, Uttar Pradesh)

3) Bangalore (Bengaluru, Karnataka)

4) Bengal (West Bengal, India and Bangladesh)

5) Benares (Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh)

6) Blair Island/Port Blair (Andaman &Nicobar Islands)

7) Bombay (Mumbai, Maharashtra)

8) Bhurtee (fictional)

9) Calcutta (Kolkata, West Bengal)

10) Cawnpore (Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh)

11) Chillianwala (now in Pakistan)

12) Darjeeling (Darjeeling, West Bengal)

13) Delhi (New Delhi)

14) Himalayas (India – Nepal – China - Tibet)

15) Hope Town (Andaman & Nicobar)

16) Jowaki (now in Pakistan)

17) Lucknow (Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh)

18) Madras (Chennai, Tamil Nadu)

19) Mahratta (Maharashtra)

20) Mount Harriet (Andaman & Nicobar)

INDIA IN THE CANON

21) Muttra (Mathura, Uttar Pradesh)

22) Peshawar (now in Pakistan)

23) Pondicherry (Pondicherry)

24) Punjaub (Punjab)

25) Rajpootana (Rajasthan)

26) Rutland Island (Andaman & Nicobar)

27) Shahgunge (Shahganj, Agra, Uttar Pradesh)

28) Sherpur (too many)

29) Terai (Nepal – India)

30) Trichinopoly (Thiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu)

INDIA IN THE CANON

Art by Ms Marilena Duca, Italy

“Incident a t New Delh i”“Sta ge Two of Wor ld

Dominat ion complete !"

PRESENT DAY

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PRESENT DAY - INDIA

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THE GAME IS AFOOT.

“Served in India, I see.”