Acharya Prashant begins by lamenting that in India, the country that gave the path of knowledge to the world, the word 'knowledge' has become a distasteful term, almost an insult. He questions the education system, asking why someone with 33% marks should be declared 'pass'. He points out the irony that being a youth worker for a political party, especially in Uttar Pradesh, garners more respect than being a professor. He states that he has some thoughts on education and believes that rigorous education should be compulsory for everyone until at least the age of 23. Responding to a question about self-proclaimed 'babas' on social media who predict futures, Acharya Prashant explains that the same ignorance that keeps these babas in business is the foundation upon which governments have been formed since independence. He asserts that if this ignorance were to be removed, not only would these babas vanish, but the governments would also fall. He argues that the greatest crime committed in India since 1947 is the neglect of education. While other countries in Southeast Asia, along with China and Japan, also started their journeys around the same time, India valued education the least. He criticizes the state of education, noting that while there are some excellent institutions like IITs and IIMs, they are accessible to only a tiny fraction of the population. The vast majority, who need education the most, are left behind. The speaker highlights the dire state of India's foundational educational structure. The official literacy rate is below 75%, and a large portion of these 'literate' individuals can only write their names, which is the government's definition of being literate. He believes that truly educated people, whose thinking abilities are awakened, are perhaps only one or two percent of the population. He observes that in India, being a teacher is not a respected profession, whereas being a political worker is. This reflects the society's level of consciousness. He concludes by stating that the lack of beauty, depth, and subtlety in thought, speech, and behavior is a result of this poor education. He suggests that if a young person looks around, they will only find distorted specimens, and this ugliness is prevalent in words, thoughts, language, and conduct.