This review is dedicated to sureshmehcnit for all his handsopen works that made mouthshut prosper
There are some cases of Sherlock Holmes that have not surfaced into the world of literature. There were a lot of startling successes and a few unavoidable failures which I have full notes of, but could not divulge the matters to the public. Now as I have decided to lay out this peculiar case, a very modern one. I present this simple story and not some world chocking ones, as I stick to my rule of giving preference to cases which derive interest not so much from the brutality of the solution, but from the ingenuity and dramatic quality of the solution. For this reason, I will now lay before the case of mouthshut.com, where the brilliance of Holmes in identification and solution to the problem comes once again to the limelight.
On referring to my online diary, I find the date to be 18th of October 2004. It had been a close rainy day, in Baker’s Street and our blinds were half down. Holmes lay cuved upon the sofa reading and re-reading a document relating to Osama Bin Laden. For myself, I was browsing my Gmail and I got a queer e-mail from one Mr.Sakthi Ganapathy from Coimbatore, India. I was totally perplexed by the e-mail and wanted to bring it to the notice of Holmes immediately. But Holmes seemed to be too absorbed for conversation. But my curiosity was not in a position to play second fiddle either.
Even as I was trying to plan the course of action, the assuring voice of Holmes broke upon “ What is so interesting about that e-mail Watson?”. Used to this accurate mind readings of Holmes, I replied “ This seems to be a queer one Holmes, I don’t think that this is crime, but still they need your help, more so because your name is involved. But I didntt want to disturb you from Osama ”
“Pray Continue, Osama is in safe hands and will soon be in the hands of a safe”
“This is about one person called Rathnavel in Coimbatore, a well established city in peninsular India. This young fellow seems to be an ardent writer, who makes it a point to experiment in writing”
“I suppose the fellow has no writings in the wall, Pray Continue”
“The fellow has fallen off a bit in the late it seems. For the past three days, he has taken a paper writes in order the names – A.R.Rahman, Rajnikanth, Maria Sharapova, Maniratnam and finally your name Sherlock Holmes, and then strikes them all. Then he goes back to Step 1 and repeats the same. The fellow doesn’t seem to show interest in earthly things and the consulted psychologists and policeman stand equally perplexed. Apart from hitting his head every ten seconds, the chap does not show any signs of crime, either”
“Psychologists and Policeman are highly systematic and deserve praise, But their lack of imaginative intuition does them always. Anyway, I am familiar with A.R.Rahman after Bombay Dreams and I guess Maria Sharapova is the graceful Wimbledon champion. Who are my other two compatriots Watson?”
“Well I used Google already to identify them. Rajnikanth is a famous tamil cinema actor noted for his style and Maniratnam is a equally reputed tamil cinema director, however noted for his substance.”
“You are more amazing nowadays Watson. I suggest you do not worry about this and get ready for your Doctors Tour de France today. Things would be put in shape, I believe”
It was 9 PM of the 22nd October 2004, when I returned back after the conference. I had committed to e-mail an important research document to an ortho specialist in Pakistan and even as I sent the document, I had received another e-mail from Mr.S.Sakthi Ganapathy. I was expecting the problem to become severe, but was really surprised to read the words in a Telegram style “ Rathnavel Back to Normal, Please do not bother, Thank You”
“Well Holmes, This is one case that comes to us and is solved without your intervention”
“What makes you feel so confident about that” Holmes replied with a cunning smile.
“ So you have been into the thick of the things”
“ A pretty enjoyable break Watson. Something interesting for your case book. After you went, I too followed track with Google. This fellow Rathnavel, better known as reavan is a compulsively rebelling writer, with experimentation his forte. On further probing, I came to know that he had committed to write a review and was trying to discover a new way of writing.”
“It was evident that he was trying to write something one me” Holmes continued “I also got through that he was trying to zero in on my similarities with these persons. I searched more about these persons and found his idea. You know A.R.Rahman was born on January 06, which is celebrated as Sherlock Holmes Day. Rajnikanth’s smoking habit is as popular as mine. Maria Sharapova identified herself as a die hard fan of mine, and Maniratnam is known for his dark ambience and time tested classics, a tenet which we have to share”
“This is astonishing” said I as I looked forward for Holmes to carry on.
“I understood that this chap was having a horrid time putting these facts into a piece of writing. I promptly added him to my Yahoo Messenger with the ID Sherlock_221b and we were chatting in no time. Introducing myself as a die hard Sherlock fan, I verified my doubts and suggested him to switch over to some other novel method of writing, leaving these inadequate correlations. I read his tribute to famous Indian author R.K.Narayan, a verse full of his book titles. I recommended him to do something in those lines”
“It seems so easy and simple”
“Elementary my dear Watson” Holmes answered “Add to this, this creative fellow has already finished the review. The print out is near your desk and if you leave me in peace, let me get back to Osama”
I finish this case by leaving a copy of the eulogy with you. This is an attempt by the author to express his A - Z feelings of the novel Sherlock Holmes in a A - Z manner
(Due to MS's infamous 8K Limit, the eulogy is presented in the first two comments; A - M and N - Z...Sorry for the inconvenience, but it always happens with Mouthshut.com..But never miss the Comments Section)
