tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post5035694376196632404..comments2024-03-12T17:38:31.180+05:30Comments on Calcutta Chromosome: Jab We EightDiptakirti Chaudhurihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00296396674255584499noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-33163888195877615372008-03-26T09:24:00.000+05:302008-03-26T09:24:00.000+05:30Thanks for the data, Nilendu. It's good to feel va...Thanks for the data, Nilendu. It's good to feel validated. As far as I knew, the Sherlock Holmes Museum came about after <I>Londoney Feluda</I> was published, hence Ray's claim is quite accurate. And also that this museum is not actually at 221 Baker Street, which of course your data supports. Thanks again.Rimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344200811838569151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-79558625395002999792008-03-23T21:51:00.000+05:302008-03-23T21:51:00.000+05:30Last note, since "Londoney Feluda" was published i...Last note, since "Londoney Feluda" was published in 1989 - it was factually correct for Ray not to mention the 221B site. The "221b" opened in 1990.Nilenduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06405855729781763171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-38335426650738979672008-03-23T21:44:00.000+05:302008-03-23T21:44:00.000+05:30Some research -"When street numbers were re-alloca...Some research -<BR/><BR/>"When street numbers were re-allocated in the 1930s, the block of odd numbers from 219 to 229 was assigned to an Art Deco building known as Abbey House, constructed in 1932 for the Abbey Road Building Society (subsequently the Abbey National), which the company occupied until 2002.<BR/><BR/>Almost immediately, the building society started receiving correspondence to Sherlock Holmes from all over the world, in such volumes that it appointed a permanent "secretary to Sherlock Holmes" to deal with it."<BR/><BR/>"The Sherlock Holmes Museum is housed in an 1815 house similar to the fictional 221B. Its official address is 239 Baker Street. Opened in 1990, it displays exhibits in period rooms, wax figures and Holmes memorabilia. Both Abbey House and the Sherlock Holmes Museum declared themselves to be the "real" 221B: the outcome of a dispute between the two in 1994, when the museum applied unsuccessfully for permission to renumber itself 221. Today both have a claim: Abbey House is where 221B "could have been" and the museum is where Sherlock Holmes's post is delivered"<BR/><BR/>"In order to physically display the number "221b" on its front door without falling foul of planning regulations, it had to register a company called "221b Ltd", because companies do not require planning permission to display a company name on the entrance to a building."<BR/><BR/>Lol. The last part is "classic" Indian style fraud. Loved it.<BR/><BR/>I visited the site in 2000 and it looked as close to scam as Sukhram's mattresses.Nilenduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06405855729781763171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-49825450333239190992008-03-23T01:05:00.000+05:302008-03-23T01:05:00.000+05:30Err..as far as I remember, 'Londoney Feluda' had f...Err..as far as I remember, 'Londoney Feluda' had feluda going up to the nearest valid address to 221B and praying (rather uncharacteristically i thought!)<BR/><BR/>The museum is probably a new addition, then? Because when Ray wrote it, 221B definitely didn't exist.March Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08179423902475376450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-42881933647994849342008-03-22T00:55:00.000+05:302008-03-22T00:55:00.000+05:30Hello Dipta, I was planning to write something on ...Hello Dipta, I was planning to write something on Deb Sahitya Kutir, when I quite accidentally stumbled upon your gem of a blog. I have spent a lot of today reading up your lovely posts... love your sense of humour, your innate knowledge about things Bangla and the quintessentially Bengali flavour in your writing. <BR/><BR/>Rajan ChakravartyRAJAN CHAKRAVARTYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17478458954636275059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-16133650065898163032008-03-19T20:49:00.000+05:302008-03-19T20:49:00.000+05:30221B is totally a valid address. Yours truly was i...221B is totally a valid address. Yours truly was indeed photographed in front of it with one of the Sherlocks out there. The dude had even a pipe.Nilenduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06405855729781763171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-32563426992919817412008-03-19T18:51:00.000+05:302008-03-19T18:51:00.000+05:30Says a lot about you!I was searching for "Look!" u...Says a lot about you!<BR/><BR/>I was searching for "Look!" under the Eight Things I Say Often.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-38082987532934502752008-03-19T18:44:00.000+05:302008-03-19T18:44:00.000+05:30Nice list. They should also have 8 things you love...Nice list. They should also have 8 things you love to eat.<BR/>About the places you want to visit, I have already been to 1, 3, 7 and 8.221B Baker street has a fictiious museum which is just like how Homes apartment would be. As the other person said,its a block from the Baker Street station.Taniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675390504952528994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-85694066721580158662008-03-19T15:25:00.000+05:302008-03-19T15:25:00.000+05:30Actually, there IS a 221B Baker Street in London -...Actually, there IS a 221B Baker Street in London - which has been converted into a Sherlock Holmes museum. It is very close to Baker Street tube/underground station - and there is a statue of Sherlock Holmes in front of this station. Definitely part of the tourism route.......<BR/><BR/>UmaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-80354207043492480522008-03-19T08:54:00.000+05:302008-03-19T08:54:00.000+05:30@PK: As Rimi pointed out, birIyani is the English...@PK: As Rimi pointed out, birIyani is the English transliteration of the Bengali spelling. <BR/><BR/>@ Rimi: Fictitious address? I thought Feluda walked up to 221B and made an uncharacteristically sentimental comment about how Holmes has inspired him? <BR/>Must read London-e again!Diptakirti Chaudhurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00296396674255584499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-39092553005725476032008-03-19T02:01:00.000+05:302008-03-19T02:01:00.000+05:30Also, you do know 221B Baker Street is not a real ...Also, you do know 221B Baker Street is not a real address, don't you? Ref. <I>London-e Feluda</I>.Rimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344200811838569151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-45293005141044859742008-03-19T02:00:00.000+05:302008-03-19T02:00:00.000+05:30Eshob ki? Hoat eej all thees? Biriyaani eej biriya...Eshob ki? Hoat eej all thees? Biriyaani eej biriyani only, eet eej how oo-ee are pronouncing eet. And eeting eet also. <BR/><BR/>Now please do a post on imaginative names. Or Indian cinema. Or Calcutta. Please, just post. I'm dead bored.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and #1 of Things You Must Start Doing: replying to comments.Rimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344200811838569151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-3245515897510553342008-03-18T15:53:00.000+05:302008-03-18T15:53:00.000+05:30Forget the spelling. the name alone evokes passion...Forget the spelling. the name alone evokes passion. Life cannot be complete without savouring biriyani. 2ndly, I've become passionate about Cal once I've left the city.U wud probably been not that passionate had you been in The City.3rdly, I am not that passionate about imaginative names though I've got a name fetish - Chaitali-sounds quintessentially Bengalee.<BR/>Keep blogging, Dipto,<BR/><BR/>Ranti,MumbaiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-36111218039467831492008-03-17T09:56:00.000+05:302008-03-17T09:56:00.000+05:30I thought biryani was spelt as biryani; you have s...I thought biryani was spelt as biryani; you have spelt it as biriyani...am sure you have a reason behind that as well. Kindly enlighten us :)<BR/><BR/>PKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com