A Measure of Gratitude By Meera Subramanian, Illustration by Hanna Barczyk What would you sacrifice for a friendship? You need an active subscription to view this contentYou should really subscribe now!Or login if you already have a subscription. Share — Issue: Fall 2024 / Volume 100/3 Published: November 1, 2024 Meera Subramanian Meera Subramanian is an independent journalist and author of A River Runs Again: India’s Natural World in Crisis (PublicAffairs, 2015). She has been published in the New York Times, Scientific American, Nature, and Orion, among others. Hanna Barczyk Hanna Barczyk, an award-winning illustrator and visual artist, has exhibited her paintings in solo shows in the US, Germany, and Canada.