When Parsi naval commander Kawas Nanavati shot dead his English wife Sylvia’s Sindhi lover Prem Ahuja on 27 April 1959, the trial held the nation in thrall for five years. And what about the aftermath? The Canada years of the couple have remained unexplored – till now. How did they weather the storm, salvage their marriage and script a new love story in Canada?
Apart from the Mall, the Multiplex and the Maalish-waali, there is of course, a fourth M in Delhi. 'Madam' may not be as visible, but she is no less omnipresent, no less a state of mind.
BY Bachi Karkaria 13 April 2006
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