Jato Kando Kathmandute

Curious as how Ray links his stories with the previous originating at Nepal and this one is right at Kathmandu! "Jato Kando Kathmandute" is the trio's first adventure in foreign soils. Feluda is requested by a Mr. Batra, a Nepal based businessman to offer him advice for dealing against a person who seemed to fake his identity at all sorts of places. Infact Feluda, with Topshe and Jatayu, saw the other person from close quarters, moments after meeting Mr. Batra for the first time.
Though Feluda advised Mr. Batra to consult with the police for better results but he could not keep mum following a murder of Mr. Anikendra Shome, hailing from Kathmandu, with the same Kookri that was bought by the fake Batra. Thus Feluda had dual problems to solve, one the murder of Mr. Shome and the other to save Mr. Batra from false accusations. So Jatayu's ambition of foreign trip seemed to mature as the three musketeers set off in unravelling the mysteries at Kathmandu. There coincidences seem to flood them as on the first day they met persons related to Mr. Shome and Feluda sensed foul play with illegal trade of fake medicines that seemed to result in Mr. Shome's death. Also the chain of murder seemed to start even before with the curious death of Himadri, friend to Anikendrababu, who had earlier unmasked some smuggling racket. As Feluda starts to bring the loose ends in one place another startling discovery presents itself intensifying the suspense even further. This was with their meeting with Maganlal Meghraj, Prof. Moriarty of Feluda series, who materialized himself at that fateful place introducing the fake Batra as Jagadish who appeared to be his right hand man.
Thus the stage was all set for an exciting climax and this story is again adventure packed but for one thing - too much coincidences that seem to mar real detection at places. Another dissapointment, rather spoiler is, in the context of Maganlal's entry, several of villains in previous Feluda stories have been named. But inspite of all these, this continues to be one of the most exciting Feluda stories with twists even at the final few pages.