{"60717":{"#nid":"60717","#data":{"type":"event","title":"\u0022The Difficulty of Being Good\u0022 Book Talk and Signing by Gurcharan Das","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts hosts Gurcharan Das, author of \u0027The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma\u0027.\u0026nbsp; Mr. Das will give a talk at 2pm with a book signing to follow.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn \u0027The Difficulty of Being Good\u0027, Das examines the epic Mahabharata, dwelling on the goal of dharma- moral well being.\u0026nbsp; He addresses the central problem of how to live our lives in an examined way, forcing us to confront the many ways in which we deceive ourselves and others. What emerges is a doctrine of dharma that we can apply to our business decisions, political strategies and interpersonal relationships - in effect, to life itself.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDas comments,\u201cThis human proclivity to paint people in black and white is all wrong. Reading Mahabharata is a humbling realisation because it teaches us not to judge people on the surface. There are no easy answers.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA former CEO of Proctor \u0026amp; Gamble India, Gurcharan Das writes a regular column for six Indian newspapers, including the Times of India, and occasionally for Newsweek, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and Foreign Affairs.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts hosts Gurcharan Das, author of \u0027The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma\u0027.\u0026nbsp; Mr. Das will give a talk at 2pm with a book signing to follow.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Book talk by Gurcharan Das"}],"uid":"27385","created_gmt":"2010-10-28 11:46:48","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:52:15","author":"Carol Silvers","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2010-10-30T15:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2010-10-30T16:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2010-10-30T16:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2010-10-30 19:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2010-10-30 20:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2010-10-30 20:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"61518":{"id":"61518","type":"image","title":"The Difficulty of Being Good","body":null,"created":"1449176337","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:58:57","changed":"1475894536","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:16","alt":"The Difficulty of Being Good","file":{"fid":"191375","name":"das-cover.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/das-cover_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/das-cover_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":36639,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/das-cover_0.jpg?itok=gYpzsBks"}},"61519":{"id":"61519","type":"image","title":"Gurcharan Das","body":null,"created":"1449176337","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:58:57","changed":"1475894536","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:16","alt":"Gurcharan Das","file":{"fid":"191376","name":"das-gurcharan.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/das-gurcharan_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/das-gurcharan_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":66654,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/das-gurcharan_0.jpg?itok=HcQQRLt2"}}},"media_ids":["61518","61519"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/files\/wysiwyg\/Das_Flyer_8.5x11.pdf","title":"Gurcharan Das flyer"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"10524","name":"book talk"},{"id":"10525","name":"Gurcharan Das"},{"id":"10526","name":"The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECarol Silvers\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIvan Allan College of Liberal Arts\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=cs70\u0022\u003EContact Carol Silvers\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}