Recap: "Difficulty of Being Good" by Gurucharan Das
Fun with books... 2018 started with few good reads like “Mind is your business” by Sadhguru, “One Indian Girl” & “2 States” by Chetan Bhagat and “Krishna’s Secrets” by Devdutt Pattanaik. However the one that deserved a special mention and pen down is the one by Gurucharan Das titled “ Difficulty of Being Good ” The piece of writing is the author’s superb exposition of the dilemmas inherent in one of the greatest epics of the world, ‘ The Mahabharata ’. The story of Mahabharata known to all of us and taught in our households since childhood, has so varied perspectives and connotations. The reading served its designed purpose of revitalizing the questioning spirit and raised more questions than had answers for. I will strongly recommend the book to readers who would like to engage with some serious piece of work and seek intellectual insights. As I recapitulate from my reading …. War of Mahabharata, greatest of the heroic wars in history, also referred to as