Acharya Prashant addresses the question of why he does not comment on politics or politicians. He explains that politicians are merely a superficial part of the overall national situation. He points out a difference in perspective: while the questioner might see leaders as being at the top of a pyramid, at the center of national issues, he sees the public at the top. The state of the public is the cause, and the national situation, including its leaders, are the effects or fruits of that cause. He illustrates this by saying that the darkness on the streets is a reflection of the darkness in people's minds, and the potholes on the roads originate from the potholes in people's hearts. The public is ultimately responsible for the state of its own affairs. He further elaborates that the public is responsible for the leaders it elects. If the parliament is dysfunctional, it is because the public has chosen those representatives. Similarly, if institutions like the police, judiciary, or municipal corporations are corrupt or inefficient, it is because the people who constitute them come from the public itself. He uses the analogy of the polluted Ganga river, stating that the river does not bring filth from its source; it is the public that pollutes it. Therefore, he places the public at the highest level of accountability. He asserts that leaders are not leaders but followers of the public; they cannot do anything that the majority of the public does not want. Acharya Prashant explains that he refrains from political commentary because it is like spicy street food—attractive and sensational but lacking in substance. He believes that engaging in such discussions only feeds the ego and serves as a conspiracy people have against themselves to avoid self-reflection. His approach is to focus on the root cause, which is the individual. He wants to encourage people to look at themselves and improve. If the public becomes better, the leaders will be compelled to be better. A good public will not tolerate a bad leader, and a bad public will not tolerate a good one. His real work, he states, is the purification of politics by treating the consciousness of the voter, making it impossible for them to vote based on caste, greed, or fear. This, he concludes, is the real political activism.