Kala Azar: An Odyssey into the Past

As we embark on excavating the history of kala-azar, one story keeps returning to our mind over and over again. This is about an extra terrestrial landing in the Jardin du Palasis Royal, right in front of the Bibliothe’que Nationale in Paris. On entering the building he sees so much information stored in one place that ourextra-terrestrial decided to write the history of the city.