Just how old is the oldest whodunnit from India? Who were the first writers of detective fiction in this country? And who were their inspirations? How did India get her first detective department?

Find out in this episode of the desi detective show.

Host: Suparna Chatterjee (www.suparnachatterjee.com)

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Music by B. Prasanna and Khurshed Batliwala

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Books and references:
Wikipedia
Every Man his own Detective - Richard Reid
Memoirs of Vidocq - Eugene Francois Vidocq
Darogar Doftor - Priyonath Mukherjee
Office of Bankaulla - Kaliprasanna Chattopadhyay
Murders in the Rue Morgue - Edgar Allan Poe
The Making of a Gentleman and a Detective - Anindita Ghosh
Remarkable Criminal Trials in Bengal
Journal of Medical Jurisprudence in India - Dr Norman Chevers
The Manichean Investigators - Pinaki Roy