Dubrayapet, a coastal village in Pondicherry, India, is the centre of our activities. It covers three hamlets Vambakeerapalayam, Manalmedu and Rajiv Gandhi Nagar. They are all very close to the sea coast. Even as early from eighteenth century, this area has been monopolized by leprosy infested persons. There is a burial ground in the centre. For long, this has been a shunned and neglected place...