Acharya Prashant is a philosopher and author, an alumnus of IIT Delhi and IIM Ahmedabad. He is among the most widely read philosophical columnists writing in India today, with more than 190 published columns ranging across climate and consumption, elections and ideology, caste and religion, gender, education, geopolitics, technology, and the inner life.
What unifies this range is a single method: tracing every public crisis back to the unexamined self that produces it.

FOR COMMISSIONING EDITORS
In this special Janmashtami feature published in Rajasthan Patrika, philosopher and author Acharya Prashant explains why the true Krishna is not an idol to be worshipped from a distance, but Truth, the Self, and Realization (Satya, Atma, Bodh) itself.

"It is not goods leaving our shores but young minds, restless to find elsewhere what they cannot build here. This reversal explains why a tweak in an American visa policy can create such tremors at home."

India must rethink delimitation to prevent a population-based seat increase from unfairly stripping political power from more developed Southern states.

"Language is not merely a communication medium. It is tied to the history, values, and worldview of the people using it. Every language is a voice for a unique story and culture in India, a land of incredible linguistic diversity."