Acharya Prashant addresses the issue of caste discrimination in elite educational institutions, linking it to a fundamental lack of self-knowledge and true education. He explains that humans are not born illuminated but have an innate biological tendency to divide, exploit, and create mischief. This tendency finds opportunities in the Indian context through culture and religious practices. He argues that being born human or acquiring worldly knowledge does not make one truly human; only understanding oneself does. This education of the self, which distinguishes humans from animals, is missing from our current systems. Instead of self-knowledge, individuals are given a blind, dead, and dark conditioning called 'culture,' which dictates their relationships with others. This culture, passed down from the past, pre-conditions people on how to behave based on another's caste or religion, a lazy alternative to the lively exploration that life should be. This conditioning gains a false aura of sacredness by being associated with religious books. In Hinduism, there are hundreds of texts considered scriptures, and many people are unaware of which are central or that many of them contradict the core Vedantic texts like the Upanishads, which actively dismiss caste. Acharya Prashant asserts that these obnoxious beliefs persist because they draw sustenance from misleading books that are wrongly revered as scripture. He clarifies that a true scripture (Shastra) is one that deals with self-inquiry, questions one's identity, and purifies it. He calls for a sweeping reform in education to include the education of the self and the study of central scriptures like the Upanishads. He concludes that until this root cause is addressed, and people, particularly Hindus, define their central scriptures and reject those that promote division, tragic incidents stemming from such prejudices will continue.