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The villagers also showed change of their traditional attitude and told officers that the panchayat ostracised her due to lack of education. She had built the hut all by herself while still suckling her newborn son, Mukesh Kumar Mahto. Now 20, Mukesh says he is very happy and his dream has come true.Sridevi is happy she is now allowed to live with her son, daughter-in-law and grandson. RAMGARH: Sridevi , a 60-yearold widow who was ostracised by the Sikni village panchayat in 1998 after she was afflicted by leprosy , returned home on Monday after the district administration intervened.For 20 years, Sridevi has been living in a hut in a forest, located about 3km away from the village in Dulmi block. “I am extremely happy..