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100 1 $aDas, Gurcharan.
245 14 $aThe difficulty of being good :$bon the subtle art of Dharma /$cGurcharan Das.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c[2010], c2009.
300 $alii, 434 p. ;$c24 cm.
500 $aOriginally published: New Delhi : Allen Lane ; New York : Penguin Group (USA), 2009.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $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.
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