Babu Chathur

The Crooked Shadows in Heaven Babu Chathur

The Crooked Shadows in heaven is based on an actual incident, reported in Chathur's local newspapers on 19th January 2005. It's about Sindhu, a home nurse attached to Jayan family and who, under strange circumstances, was implicated in the murder of her beloved husband ('Yetta') and jailed. The author's curiosity in this case was kindled by Unni, his friend and well-wisher, who happened to know her. This book is a culmination of a series of interviews with Sindhu, who is currently serving her life sentence in Kannur Jail. Another interesting element is the addition of short but crisp extracts from Sindhu's personal diary, which was safely preserved by Sushma Chechi-Jayan's wife. The story speaks about how Sindhu, a highly religious, god-fearing, innocent and kindhearted yet adamant woman, was very attached to her lover-turned-husband. She was so blindly in love with him that, even years after his demise, she refused to believe that her 'Yetta' was unfaithful to her.

The enthralling events of her life are captured in this rather long but interesting book, written in the first person-exactly how she would narrate the events of her 37 years long eventful life. This book is dedicated to Sindhu with the hope that someday, she will read it-her own life story.