@misc{misc,
  author = {Sahoo SK},
  title = {THE FELONY (A story of social injustice since thousand years)},
  abstract = {<p>At the end of 19th century, Hansen{\textquoteright}s disease was criminalized in the name of {\textquotedblleft}An act to prevent the spread{\textquotedblright} that lasted almost a century later. Under the law, anyone suspected of having Hansen{\textquoteright}s disease was arrested and exiled regardless of their age, race, or gender. The poem collection, tells the story of a kid exiled from his family and left to live alone on an island, social, legal, \&amp;religious discrimination against Hansen{\textquoteright}s disease, an exiled lover is separated from his beloved and exiled to an island \&amp; the ugly truth of the society A profound collection of poems inspired by real life sufferings of person experienced with Hansen{\textquoteright}s disease, who were institutionalized, separated, castrated, and confined to a miserable life, (although different treatments were available for Hansen{\textquoteright}s disease since ages). Millions of people have died of various diseases in the past due to Black Death(Plague), Small Pox, SARS, Influenza, Diarrhea etc. People were able to lead a dignified life once they were cured of it. In addition, neither the people suffering from any kind of disease were institutionalized or forced to separate. However, Person experienced with Hansen{\textquoteright}s disease was subjected to inhumane torture for thousands of years just because of an archaic belief. Different texts reveal, however, that Hansen{\textquoteright}s disease could be treated even in 600 B.C.</p>
},
  year = {2021},
  isbn = {9789354721502},
  url = {https://www.leprosy-information.org/sites/default/files/2022-11/THE\%20FELONY\%20\%28a\%20story\%20of\%20social\%20injustice\%20since\%20thousand\%20years\%29.pdf},
  language = {Eng},
}