Sagnik, Subhra and I had a nice one hour after dinner chat … which started with the funny characters of our childhood, i.e., Gopal Bhar, Birbal, Molla Naseeruddin but quickly drifted to a seemingly more serious topic of detectives. I have read all of Feluda, Sherlock Holmes, Sabyasachi; few of Hercule Poirot. But I was kind of disappointed today as how the intricate details of the plots, the culprits, the little marvels of pieces of thought which uncovered the whole mystery in a blink of an eye… have gradually slipped my (slippery?) mind.

I remember my first reaction when I heard the news of Satyajit Ray’s passing away…”No more Feluda Stories, no more trying to pinpoint the culprit before reaching the last page of the book”. But after today’s discussion, it almost seems that I can relive the whole experience by going through the books once again… but where is the guarantee that as soon as I start with one story, my hideously playful brain will not recall the crux of the story as if I had just finished reading it a couple of months ago? Nevertheless, I think it is worth a try. It is difficult to secure Feluda and Sabyasachi here, but I can definitely search for the other ones.

Sigh….. Yet another agenda…