By: Keerthi Mohan
by BARRY GARDINER MP “THE tree does not deny its shade even to the one who comes to cut it down.” Many Hindus know this verse from the Mahabharata (12.374). It is part of the teaching about hospitality and is set beside the instruction that even an enemy must be offered hospitality if he comes to your home. How we treat others is at the heart of most faiths, but over the past week, the attitude to strangers and refugees has a particular significance for both Christians and Jews who have been celebrating their most holy times of the year.…
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