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She is Gayatri is not just a memoir written by Indonesian writer Oktofani Elisabeth. It is a movement. For years, I lived with chronic hepatitis B in silence, not because I did not have a story but because I was too afraid to say it out loud. I was afraid of being stigmatized. I was afraid of being judged. I was afraid of being seen as one thing: sick. 

However, Hepatitis B is not just a diagnosis. It is a mirror reflecting how we treat vulnerability, how doctors make assumptions, how systems fail the people they are meant to protect. 

But this is not only my story. This is also Derwyn’s story, the partner who became a caregiver, quietly holding everything together while the world looked the other way. 

She is Gayatri is where the patient stories meet public opinion. It is abiut stigma, silence, healthcare, heartbreak and finding power in the truth. 

Because when 254 million people are living with chronic hepatitis B, silence is not golden. It is dangerous. And this time, I am not staying quiet.

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