Krish Kandiah

What The Courier can teach us about friendship

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I am on a mission to befriend my new next-door neighbour. This is the sort of neighbour who has not one, but two, ‘DO NOT PARK HERE’ signs outside his house – both significantly bigger and shinier than his house number. He is the kind of neighbour that refuses to take parcels for me when I am out. When I asked him once what he did for a job, he muttered ‘Work’ and shut the door. The closest I have come to having a conversation with him was when he accused me of dislodging another neighbour’s gutter when pruning an overgrown tree. Even that was via text to the guy with the gutter I was just about to reposition. But I’m not giving up. I figure a friend may be just what he needs.

And I need a friend too. I don’t even mind the sort with limited social skills.

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Krish Kandiah
Dr Krish Kandiah is chair of the adoption and special guardianship leadership board. He recently hosted a transatlantic summit on racial disparity in adoption

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