Nellu, A novel, caste on the life and times of a primeval tribal community, among the Western Ghat forests Disengaging the mainstream life story and discovering a plot fro the sub-culture Vatsala has done an important work. Attempting a theme unknown to the readers, Vatsala wrote Nellu. four decades back.

Chaver The word means a person or persons die for a Cause. The theme of the novel has a historical relevance. It represents a period ,when many serious changes occurred especially in Kerala at a time the rural mass were suffering from poverty, a kind of slavery, under the privileged class, and the gigantic gap between those who have and have not