In the Shadow of Crows: a remarkable account of love, leprosy and loss
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In the Shadow of Crows
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David tends to a leper while working with Sarva in India. (Courtesy)
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A leper in India
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Sarva 3
In the Shadow of Crows
David tends to a leper while working with Sarva in India. (Courtesy)
A leper in India
Sarva 3
To this day, though leprosy is a disease that has practically been eradicated in the Western world, when we want to convey that someone was treated badly, we say “he was treated like a leper.” To be treated like a leper is to be ostracized, banned, abandoned, left to your own devices and handled like a pariah. To be a leper is to be untouchable and unloved; to suffer from a disease that deforms and disables, but rarely kills
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