Gurcharan das biography of martin

“Something tremendous is happening in India, and Das, with his keen eye and elegant prose, has his finger firmly on the pulse” —The New York Times

Gurcharan Das is an author and former CEO of Procter & Gamble India.

He is the author of a much acclaimed trilogy based on the classical Indian ideal of life's goals. India Unbound was the first, on artha, 'material well-being' — the Guardian called it 'a quiet earthquake' – is available in 19 languages and filmed by the BBC.

The second, The Difficulty of Being Good, on dharma or 'moral well-being', is a contemporary meditation on the epic, Mahabharata, and 'one of the best things I've read about the contribution of great literature to ethical thought,' according to the philosopher, Martha Nussbaum.

Kama: The Riddle of Desire is on the third goal and 'not just about sex or desire, and not even pleasure more broadly conceived, but love in its deepest and richest sense', says the Indologist, Wendy