Gurcharan Das

Author and public intellectual, Gurcharan Das is best known for a trilogy based on the classical Indian ideal of the goals of life. He studied philosophy at Harvard University and was CEO of Procter & Gamble India before he became a full-time writer. He writes a regular column for the Times of India, five Indian language papers, and contributes to international newspapers.

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gurcharan: Gurcharan Das is an author and thought leader best known for a much-acclaimed trilogy based on the classical Indian goals of the ideal life. India Unbound was on artha, 'material well-being'—the Guardian called it 'a quiet earthquake' – it 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. Kama: The Riddle of Desire is on the third goal, examining how to cherish desire in order to live a rich, flourishing life. He studied philosophy at Harvard University and was CEO of Procter & Gamble India before he took early retirement at 50 to become a full-time writer. He writes a regular column for the Times of India and five Indian language papers, and contributes to many international papers. His other books include India Grows at Night: A liberal case for a strong state, which was on the FT's best books for 2013; a novel, A Fine Family; a book of essays, The Elephant Paradigm, and an anthology, Three Plays. He is editing for Penguin a 15 volume history series, The Story of Indian Business. He lives in Delhi.

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Arrogant liberals are doing a big disservice to liberalism

Stay playful: The mantra young India needs to know

મકાનો બનશે તો રોજગાર પણ સર્જાશે

आवास क्षेत्र से आएगी जॉब क्रांति

வீட்டின் மூலமாகவே வரும் மகிழ்ச்சி

பெரும் அச்சுறுத்தல் கண்ணய்யா அல்ல... வேலையில்லா திண்டாட்டம் தான்..!

Realty doesn’t bite. More homes bring jobs and joy

कन्हैया नहीं, जॉब की कमी खतरा

The real threat to India is not Kanhaiya, it’s lack of jobs

अवसरों की चिंता करें असमानता की नहीं

અસમાનતાની નહીં, તકોની ચિંતા કરીએ

The rhetoric of inequality: It’s poverty and lack of opportunity that we need to obsess about more

પ્રગતિની ગતિ : વડાપ્રધાન, તમારા મૂળ કામે પાછા ફરો

अब नौकरियां पैदा करने पर ध्यान दें

வேலைவாய்ப்புகளை உருவாக்குங்கள் மோடிஜி!

Forget the jetsetting, Modiji. Just think jobs in 2016

Road to smart cities goes via Dharavi, not Chandigarh

The Dharma Of Capitalism

Bihar polls over, it’s time to fix those leaky pipes