The importance of being good
Management guru Gurcharan Das, in an exclusive article to The Tribune, excerpted from his latest book The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma
The book, The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma turns to epic Mahabharata, in order to answer the question, ‘why be good?’ It addresses the central problem of how to live our lives in an examined way, and how to cope with moral dimensions of governance failures. The book explores our private and public lives through the lens of the Mahabharata and the focus shifts from character to character — Bhishma, Yudhishthira, Arjuna, Draupadi, Duryodhana, Karna, Aswatthama and Krishna. The author examines key ethical problem of each character and its significance for our lives.

Divali glitters at Bundi
Moushumi Sen
Bundi, famous as Kipling’s Destination of Rajasthan, celebrates the festival of Divali in a grand fashion. It is a celebration of light, both literally and metaphorically, with all the inputs of tradition. People in this sparsely populated district assemble together and take a break from their otherwise busy lives.

Festive Delight
Divali festivities are enveloped in a little caution as the chill of global recession is still in the air as a mild autumn nip. But still north Indian families, whether the Madans in Amritsar, Singhals in Rohtak, Guptas in Jammu or the Lau household in Shimla, have warmed up to the spirit of Divali this year, writes Girija Shankar Kaura