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  The Kaurava have their strength.  The Pandavas have their weakness.  The Kaurava have their virtues.  The Pandavas have their vices. Lord Ram has his moments of hesitation.  Lady Sita has intensity. Lord Shiva has anger.  Lady Kali has her grouse. Ravan is all hurt.  Kumbarkarna is all heart  Then how do you justify who is more right or less wrong?  Growing up with the Indian epics, the in-depth explained moral virtues of these stories, and my kid-self living in imagination with the fascinating characters from mythology…each possessing unique emotions, peculiarities, and life troubles – Have somehow given me some amazing solutions regarding day-to-day life challenges. Like, there is no "right or wrong" but a "right or left"…because the dharma, action, and reactions in any situation are merely subjectively objective for the person. This last read book “Dharma” is a subtle presentation of the most complicated and intriguing concepts of Dhar...

  Picture of book cover from internet Disclaimer- This book review is majorly a self-contemplation. The personalized meaning derived from the book vis-à-vis life experiences. The quotes are used directly from the book . “People do act against their moral convictions and this is an unhappy fact about ourselves”. The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma tries to answer the frequent confronted questions- ●        Why be good when being bad is considered to be cool? ●        Why do bad habits shine over truthful acts? ●        Why believe in Dharma or Adharma of the act? ●        Is a "bad person" always bad? Does not the "good" occasionally become bad? ●        What’s the point of being a bigger person?? Gurcharan Das tries to find meaning to the word Dharma in this book through the Sanskrit epic Mah...