‘Let’s end stigma around leprosy’


Light moment: Gurjit and Yong posing for the camera during the tour of the leprosarium.

Back in Form Four, when I was looking for a book to share in my state-level Nadi Ilmu Amalan Membaca (Nilam) competition, I stumbled across a book cover bearing a black-and-white picture of a woman.

Intrigued, I borrowed it from the library, unaware of the journey it would take me on. By the end of it, I was moved to tears.

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