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When the easiest way to feel safe is offering help to others

What does belonging mean to Akhil Sharma, an American who immigrated from India?

01/12/2018

PBS News Hour

When the easiest way to feel safe is offering help to others

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What does belonging mean to Akhil Sharma, an American who immigrated from India?

What does belonging mean to Akhil Sharma, an American who immigrated from India? Offering help to another opened him up to the realization that the world is greater than himself. Sharma, an award-winning novelist, professor at Rutgers University and New Yorker contributor, offers his humble opinion on opening up to understand the experiences of others.

01/12/2018

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