Sherlock Holmes - Comments by Mr. PRASENJIT SEN

We sent an advance copy of our article on Sherlock Holmes to Mr. Prasenjit Sen whose comments are as below :



Dear Mr. Roy Mukherjee,

Your research on Sherlock Holmes is fantastic.On such detailed work I dare to make merely two observations:

1) The title could be slightly milder- not calling Holmes outright a criminal, but some thing like, " Failings of Sherlock Holmes- Discrepency in Conan Doyel's stories".His acts which are failings in strict moral norms and bordering even to a criminal act,I feel, may be told with humour rather than dry factual analysis..

2) In India I think the readers are not matured enough to appreciate such a detailed research. Hence one may find difficult to get a publisher.However, a reader in UK will appreciate these findings surely enough.They have a sense of humour.

However, the readership in Bengali is different (at least they wer so in my generation) and they are exposed to the Bengali Translated version of Sherlock Holmes.Igf these findings are presented with a sprinkling of humour, I think that would immediately be picked up.

Regards

--Prasenjit--