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Volunteering: A Great British Passion – By Hemantha Yapa Abeywardena “You have the right to work only, but never to its fruits. Let not the fruits of action be your motive, nor let your attachment be to inaction.” –  Bhagavad Gita  – On a crisp Wednesday morning (because of course it’s not truly spring without a hint of frost), I bumped into a squad of, shall we say, seasoned volunteers at a vast nature reserve in West London. These weren’t your average park-walkers. This was a well-oiled machine of British courtesy, all smiles and “good mornings” in unison. They were there to tackle the park’s spring to-do list: grass-cutting, wheelbarrowing, and turning it all into a rather posh horse salad. Teamwork flowed like tea on a wet Wednesday, with a designated leader calling the shots (including the sacrosanct tea break, because priorities). “You missed a corker on Monday,” one chimed ...