Penguin Random House The Difficulty of Being Good (English, Paperback, Das Gurcharan)

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The Difficulty of Being Good examines the ancient Indian concept of dharma through the stories and moral conflicts of the Mahabharata.

Rather than treating the epic simply as a religious or historical story, Gurcharan Das uses its characters to ask modern ethical questions. Characters such as Yudhishthira, Arjuna, Duryodhana, Bhishma, Draupadi and Karna face situations in which doing the “right” thing is rarely simple.

The book explores the uncomfortable reality that being good can be difficult because people often have competing duties, conflicting loyalties and uncertain consequences.