Isolated leper living by Rukum's riverbank for 40 years RUKUM: A woman infected with leprosy at young age was socially ostracised and forced to live by a riverbank for the past 40 years in fear that she may transmit the disease to others. Tulasi KC (60) of Banphikot VDC in Rukum has been living on the... Travel 02 Jan, 2017