The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma - Gurcharan Das (New Delhi Penguin Books India (P) Ltd., 2012)
Prelude: 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.
Keywords: Dharma; Mahabharata - Criticism, Interpretation, etc; Mahabharata - Characters; Religion