Gurcharan Das is the author of India Unbound and The Difficulty of Being Good, which are volumes one and two of a trilogy on life’s goals, of which Kama:The Riddle of Desire is the third. His India Grows at Night was on the FT’s best books for 2013. His other works include a novel, A Fine Family and an anthology, Three Plays. He studied philosophy at Harvard University. He is general editor for Penguin’s 15 volume Story of Indian Business. He was formerly CEO of Procter & Gamble India.