Contents

PART I

1. Some Thoughts About Life, and About Madness

2. I Became Mad Because…

PART II

3. Maria’s Land

4. Kottarathil Veedu, Its Inhabitants and Little Maria

5. The Sorrows of Geevarghese Sahada

6. Kariyakutty Who Should Have Been a Saint, and Neena Who Became One

7. Geevarghese’s Story

8. Chirammel Kathanar and the Family History of Kottarathil Veedu

9. Maria’s Social Life

10. A Day in the Life of Little Maria in Kottarathil Veedu

11. Kuncheriya’s Doubts and Dilemmas About Heaven

12. Anne, Mathew, Lisa … and Maria

13. Maria Decides to Grow Up

14. Maria Is Given Back

15. Maria’s Return

PART III

16. Thus, Too, Some Lives

17. Kottarathil Veedu, Appachan and Ammachi

18. Maria’s Scattered Thoughts, Dreams, Life

19. The Dream that Is Kuttappayi

20. Hari’s Departure, and Vinayakan’s

21. About the Book Maria Wrote, or Is Going to Write

P.S. Section

Acknowledgements

About the Book

About the Author

About the Translator

Praise for the Book

Copyright