![]() Sukegawa had finally obtained the answers that he had been looking for and he wanted to share them with the rest of the world. 'To live' means to believe in oneself and in one's worth even when branded as an outcast by society. For them, 'to live' meant to make the best of what life offers, even if what it offers is next to nothing. Sukegawa wondered that perhaps their answer to 'what it means to live' would be different and he was correct. ![]() The leprosy patients were never given the chance to be productive members of society. Affected by their stories, Sukegawa wanted to explore the meaning of life from the perspective of leprosy patients victimised by the cruel legislation. When Japan abolished the Leprosy Prevention Act, the struggles of fully cured patients of leprosy became widely known. He would ask others around him, what does it mean to live? Almost everyone he came across believed that 'to live' is to be a productive member of society this answer failed to satisfy Sukegawa. ![]() In his younger years, author Durian Sukegawa (pen name for Tetsuya Akikawa) would ponder about the meaning of life. Author Durian Sukegawa studied oriental philosophy at Waseda University and has worked as a reporter in Berlin and Cambodia in the early 1990s. ![]()
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