Gurcharan Das is a renowned author, commentator, and public intellectual. He is the author of two best sellers, India Unbound and The Difficulty of Being Good, which are volumes one and two of a trilogy on life’s goals. His latest book, Kama: A Riddle of Desire is the third. His other literary works include a novel, A Fine Family, a collection of plays for the theatre, Three Plays, and a book of essays, The Elephant Paradigm. India Grows at Night was on the FT’s best books for 2013. He is general editor for Penguin’s multi-volume ‘Story of Indian Business.’ He graduated in philosophy from Harvard University, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa for ‘high attainments in liberal scholarship.’ He was CEO, Procter & Gamble India before he became a full time writer. He writes a regular column for many Indian newspapers, including The Times of India and occasional pieces for The Financial Times and Foreign Affairs and New York Times.
