Das, Gurcharan <br/><br/>
The difficulty of being good :   on the subtle art of dharma / 
Gurcharan Das 
 - New York:  Penguin Group,   2012. 
 - lii, 434 pages ;   20 cm 
<br/><br/> Criticism, interpretation, etc<br/>Originally published: New Delhi : Allen Lane ; New York : Penguin Group (USA), 2009 
<br/><br/>Prelude: I take an academic holiday<br/>Duryodhana's envy: "what man of mettle will stand to see his rivals prosper and himself decline"<br/>Draupadi's courage: "who did you lose first, yourself or me?"<br/>Yudhisthira's duty: "I act because I must"<br/>Arjuna's despair: "there are no victors in war"<br/>Bhishma's selflessness: "be intent on the act, not its fruits"<br/>Karna's status anxiety: "how could a doe give birth to this tiger?"<br/>Krishna's guile: "that is the way it is!"<br/>Aswatthama's revenge: "now I feel the whirligig of time"<br/>Yudhisthira's remorse: "this victory looks more like defeat to me"<br/>Mahabharata's dharma: "great king, you weep with all creatures"<br/>Conclusion: the difficulty of being good<br/>Appendix: dharma, the story of a word<br/>A short bibliographic essay<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780143418979 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Criticism, interpretation<br/>Dharma
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>294.5923  / DAS