The Felony

At the end of 19th century Hansen’s disease was criminalized in the name of “An act to prevent the spread” that lasted almost a century later. Under the law anyone suspected of having Hansen’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 &religious discrimination against Hansen’s disease an exiled lover is separated from his beloved and exiled to an island & the ugly truth of the society A profound collection of poems inspired by real life sufferings of person experienced with Hansen’s disease who were institutionalized separated castrated and confined to a miserable life (although different treatments were available for Hansen’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’s disease was subjected to inhumane torture for thousands of years just because of an archaic belief. Different texts reveal however that Hansen's disease could be treated even in 600 B.C.