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020			_a9780143418979
082			_a294.5923 _bDAS
100			_aDas, Gurcharan
245			_aThe difficulty of being good : _bon the subtle art of dharma / _cGurcharan Das
260			_aNew York: _bPenguin Group, _c2012.
300			_alii, 434 pages ; _c20 cm
500			_aCriticism, interpretation, etc Originally published: New Delhi : Allen Lane ; New York : Penguin Group (USA), 2009
505			_aPrelude: I take an academic holiday Duryodhana's envy: "what man of mettle will stand to see his rivals prosper and himself decline" Draupadi's courage: "who did you lose first, yourself or me?" Yudhisthira's duty: "I act because I must" Arjuna's despair: "there are no victors in war" Bhishma's selflessness: "be intent on the act, not its fruits" Karna's status anxiety: "how could a doe give birth to this tiger?" Krishna's guile: "that is the way it is!" Aswatthama's revenge: "now I feel the whirligig of time" Yudhisthira's remorse: "this victory looks more like defeat to me" Mahabharata's dharma: "great king, you weep with all creatures" Conclusion: the difficulty of being good Appendix: dharma, the story of a word A short bibliographic essay
650			_aCriticism, interpretation
650			_aDharma
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