Hari (on the right) was forced to live in a makeshift hut outside her village for four years after the community found out she had leprosy. When this hut was destroyed in a storm, she was forced to take shelter for several days in a nearby tiger cave.
?I used to bow down to the tiger and say ?I live in your house, please don?t do anything?. The tiger used to snarl at me but never attacked.?
She now lives with her husband in the 'Old Quarter' of the colony, which was originally built several decades ago for a deputy Prime Minister who was thought to have leprosy, although it turned out to be syphilis. Khokana, Nepal 2013
?I used to bow down to the tiger and say ?I live in your house, please don?t do anything?. The tiger used to snarl at me but never attacked.?
She now lives with her husband in the 'Old Quarter' of the colony, which was originally built several decades ago for a deputy Prime Minister who was thought to have leprosy, although it turned out to be syphilis. Khokana, Nepal 2013