Acharya Prashant

November 9, 2026

Acharya Prashant

Op-Eds & Columns

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.

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The Pioneer07 Nov '26

The planet is irreversibly tipping. Who is pushing it?

News 2401 Oct '23

A Lesser Known Incident From Mahatma Gandhi’s Life

Times Now31 Oct '26

India's AI Race: What's behind the Data Centers?

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The Pioneer07 Nov '26

The planet is irreversibly tipping. Who is pushing it?

We have begun to speak of the future climate as though we could settle the bill later. We shall keep emitting greenhouse gases, warm the planet beyond the limit we have agreed upon and, when technology has improved, bring the temperature down again.

Times Now06 Nov '26

Free Will: Who Is Really Choosing?

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"In 1983, neuroscientist Benjamin Libet published an experiment that put a very familiar human claim in some difficulty. Volunteers were asked to move a wrist whenever they wished and to report the moment at which they became conscious of wanting to move. In one set of trials, the brain activity associated with preparing the movement had begun about 350 milliseconds before the reported intention. So the brain was already preparing to act, and the person had not yet reported deciding."

Patrika04 Nov '26

देहरी पर दीया और भीतर बोध का उजास हो

दीपावली पर घर साफ होते हैं, पुरानी वस्तुएं हटती हैं, कोने चमकते हैं। उधर बाजार कपड़ों, आभूषणों और उपहारों से भर जाते हैं। एक ओर घर से अनावश्यक सामान निकालते हैं, दूसरी ओर नई वस्तुओं से उसे फिर भरते हैं। लेकिन जिस गंभीरता से घर साफ करते हैं, क्या उसी गंभीरता से अपने जीवन की भी जांच करते हैं? दीपावली प्रकाश का पर्व है।

Times Now31 Oct '26

India's AI Race: What's behind the Data Centers?

India’s data-centre boom raises questions about environmental costs, public benefits and whether AI infrastructure is serving genuine human needs or amplifying endless consumption.

The Pioneer31 Oct '26

Who Is Creating the Problems We Keep Solving?

During London Climate Action Week earlier this year, I was asked where an ordinary individual should begin acting against climate change. The word ‘begin’ carried an assumption: we have been acting all along.

Times Now24 Oct '26

The Victory Outside, The Battle Within

We teach children that marks, colleges, salaries and prestige are everything, then complain that they grow up valuing only money and status. Who taught them that lesson?

The Pioneer24 Oct '26

The Holy Hoax of Final Enlightenment

A woman once told me that she had spent decades seeking enlightenment. She remembered a period of peace and contentment that had come without effort. Then she began searching for that condition again, and the search itself became a source of suffering.

The Pioneer19 Sep '26

Will AI Kill Us? First, Ask Who Is Afraid

In this article published in The Pioneer, Acharya Ji questions the prevailing fear surrounding AI and raises a fundamental question: who is the one who is afraid, and what is he actually trying to preserve?

The Pioneer22 Aug '26

Gen Z: A vibe is not a revolution

"What is being called a generational shift is a momentary situational phenomenon, and everybody has mistaken it, the celebrating and the nervous alike, including the political parties. This badge of honour is being awarded far too quickly. They are rebels, we say. But are they really?"

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Op-Eds & Columns

LEADING PUBLISHERS

Environment, Technology & the Future of Civilization

Nation, Governance & Cultural Introspection

Global Affairs, Geopolitics & Human Nature

Society, Culture & Contemporary Social Issues

Mental Health, Psychology & Self-Knowledge

Philosophy, Ethics & Self-Enquiry

Festivals, Symbolism & Inner Renewal

The planet is irreversibly tipping. Who is pushing it?

A Lesser Known Incident From Mahatma Gandhi’s Life

India's AI Race: What's behind the Data Centers?

Featured Columns

The planet is irreversibly tipping. Who is pushing it?

Free Will: Who Is Really Choosing?

Request Acharya Prashant to Write.

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देहरी पर दीया और भीतर बोध का उजास हो

India's AI Race: What's behind the Data Centers?

Who Is Creating the Problems We Keep Solving?

The Victory Outside, The Battle Within

The Holy Hoax of Final Enlightenment

Will AI Kill Us? First, Ask Who Is Afraid

Gen Z: A vibe is not a revolution