Hercule Poirot in a Western railway compartment at peak hour, trying to solve the Murder on the Orient Express?

Or Sherlock Holmes in the labyrinths of Kalbadevi in pursuit of The Blue Carbuncle?

Or Kay Scarpetta sniffing out a Body Farm at the Deonar Dumping Ground?

Imagine how dislocated they’d be!

So how does an Indian detective navigate our own special brand of chaos? Kalpana Swaminathan’s Lalli has been doing just that in Vile Parle East.

Join Kalpana in exploring the difficulties of the Indian detective as she talks about the crafting of Lalli’s world – as the curtain rises on Murder in Seven Acts…