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Dr Sudharkar Rao is a successful and wealthy specialist in leprosy. After 25 years of working as a physician, he has returned to Darjeeling, India, where he was first assigned to the Leprosy Mission. He is brought a patient beyond help or recognition.
Unknown to him, the patient is Jyotafna, a woman who had been his lover for the five years he worked for the Leprosy Mission in Darjeeling. He realises this fact that night and races back from a Rao family party, just in time for Jyotafna to pass away.
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Writing Disability in Australia:
Type of disability Leprosy. Type of character Primary. Point of view Third person (not the disabled character).
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Last amended 4 May 2018 13:03:15
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cIndia,cSouth Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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