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September 30, 2026
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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 Pioneer19 Sep '26

Will AI Kill Us? First, Ask Who Is Afraid

NBT Navbharat Times13 Sep '26

एक अरबपति का मास्टरप्लान: सूरज को रोको, कार्बन उगलते रहो?

Times Now14 Sep '26

A Billionaire's Masterplan: Block the Sun, Keep the Carbon?

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Times Now14 Sep '26

A Billionaire's Masterplan: Block the Sun, Keep the Carbon?

"How much does it take to reduce emissions? In principle, nothing much. No invention is pending, no launch window has to be waited for, no breakthrough in materials science is required, no treaty has to be signed by anyone who does not want to sign it. What is required is that a very large number of people desire less than they currently desire, and that is the one thing no engineer can deliver and no summit can negotiate. So the simple route goes untried, and in its place arrive proposals of escalating magnificence."

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Patrika
02 Sep '26

Truth, Self & Realization — The Real Meaning of Krishna

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.

Times Now31 Aug '26

Nepal Tragedy: The One Word No One Wants to Say

"This was a climate catastrophe, and not the first; the very same valley was struck in almost this way a year ago, and the whole Himalayan arc now does this two and three times a season. The word, then, is available, and it is accurate, and still it is the one word we will not say plainly. That refusal deserves more attention than the flood itself, because the refusal is the disease, and the flood only its symptom."

The Pioneer29 Aug '26

Nepal tragedy: Why hide the real cause?

"That flood did not come from the cloud, and it did not finally come from the glacier. It came from the way we have been taught to see life. The ice of the Himalayas is not melting in any factory's furnace. It is melting in our tendencies, in the ego itself."

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?"

The Sunday Guardian14 Jun '26

At Britain’s Parliament, an ancient Indian question challenged the limits of law and power

"The theme I was asked to speak on at the House of Lords in the British Parliament this week was lovely: Indian roots, global wings. Lovely things charm us, and a charmed audience nods before it has time to look. So I begin by declining the nod, because both halves of that phrase mean something quite different from what they are taken to mean, and that difference is the whole of what India can offer."

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Weekdays of Bondage, Weekends of Escape
The Sunday Guardian
16 Nov '25

Weekdays of Bondage, Weekends of Escape

Area: Society, Culture & Contemporary Social Issues

"In a healthy life, work does not stand outside life as a burden. It is a major part of life itself. A suitable job is not one that forces a person to seek regular rehabilitation from it, but one that does not require such rehabilitation at all."

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Delicate to Dauntless: The Myth of Female Fragility
The Sunday Guardian
09 Nov '25

Delicate to Dauntless: The Myth of Female Fragility

Area: Society, Culture & Contemporary Social Issues

"This win reveals what becomes possible when women stop being ornaments and start being participants. For centuries, India celebrated women as symbols of purity, patience, and sacrifice, but seldom as doers. This reverses that. A woman is not sacred because she endures, but because she acts, strives, transforms."

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From Dharma to Dogma: The Genesis of Caste
The Pioneer
08 Nov '25

From Dharma to Dogma: The Genesis of Caste

Area: Society, Culture & Contemporary Social Issues

"If caste were only a social structure, reformers would have erased it. If merely legal, the Constitution would suffice. But caste is sustained in religious belief. It persists because it hides behind Dharma's name."

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You Have Lifted The Cup, And Part Of The Spell
Free Press Journal
04 Nov '25

You Have Lifted The Cup, And Part Of The Spell

Area: Society, Culture & Contemporary Social Issues

A true victory is not over an external opponent, But over one’s own limitations: personal, cultural, historical. When women play freely, the nation breathes freely. When women claim their place, the planet finds its peace.

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You have lifted the cup, and with it, an old veil.
News 24
03 Nov '25

You have lifted the cup, and with it, an old veil.

Area: Society, Culture & Contemporary Social Issues

True victory is not over the opponent, but over one's own shackles: personal, cultural, historical. When women play freely, the nation breathes freely. When women dance fearlessly, life on earth finds shelter.

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Teachers’ Day reminds us what it really means to teach
The Sunday Guardian
07 Sep '25

Teachers’ Day reminds us what it really means to teach

Area: Society, Culture & Contemporary Social Issues

"Teachers’ Day should spark gratitude but also reflection on education’s deeper purpose."

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Homes as Graves: Why Outrage Never Ends Violence
The Pioneer
30 Aug '25

Homes as Graves: Why Outrage Never Ends Violence

Area: Society, Culture & Contemporary Social Issues

"Domestic violence, dowry, and oppressive marriages are symptoms of a deeper poverty — absence of inner clarity. They thrive because society at large runs on fear, desire, and unexamined habits. Outrage after each tragedy has become a ritual, but that cannot cure the blindness of the mind."

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Holy Lies: Man's Religion, Woman's Bondage
The Sunday Guardian
03 Aug '25

Holy Lies: Man's Religion, Woman's Bondage

Area: Society, Culture & Contemporary Social Issues

"A remark by a public figure or religious authority may spark discussion, but beneath the noise lies something far older than any single controversy. At the core of this idea of ‘the woman as the body’ is an old belief that treats women as physical stuff to be owned, utilized, and consumed."

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When Protection Becomes Possession: True Rebellion Begins Where Roles End
The Sunday Guardian
20 Jul '25

When Protection Becomes Possession: True Rebellion Begins Where Roles End

Area: Society, Culture & Contemporary Social Issues

"True rebellion begins when one stops performing a role written by others and starts living from the center of understanding. Your body is a resource. It is meant to serve consciousness, not define your identity. Freedom lies in transcending inherited conditioning, whether biological, emotional, or cultural."

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Before it’s too late: Living in an age of trivialized tragedy
The Sunday Guardian
22 Jun '25

Before it’s too late: Living in an age of trivialized tragedy

Area: Society, Culture & Contemporary Social Issues

"Life unfolds beyond our control. We don’t choose our gender, birthplace, or time of arrival. The belief that we control everything is comforting, but false. A tragic accident, where many lives were lost, reminds us of this."

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Violent Relationships: A New Trend, or an Enduring Structure?
The Sunday Guardian
15 Jun '25

Violent Relationships: A New Trend, or an Enduring Structure?

Area: Society, Culture & Contemporary Social Issues

"Every now and then, a disturbing news story grabs the nation’s attention – one that seems too extraordinarily gruesome to be real, yet involves seemingly ordinary people. We would like to call such incidents as aberrations. "

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TCS Outrage: The Astonishment Is The Confession
The Sunday Guardian
03 May '25

TCS Outrage: The Astonishment Is The Confession

Area: Society, Culture & Contemporary Social Issues

"These things are not new. The predation, the cover, the reduction of religion to a numbers game: all three have been operating, visibly and continuously, across this society for as long as anyone currently registering horror at the case has been alive. And yet the country received these events as though they had arrived from somewhere else entirely. That astonishment is not innocence. It is the ego’s preferred method of self-protection: to locate the problem at a sufficient distance that no self-examination becomes necessary. To be shocked is to be excused."

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Women’s Day: A Call for True Liberation.
The Sunday Guardian
02 Mar '25

Women’s Day: A Call for True Liberation.

Area: Society, Culture & Contemporary Social Issues

"Women’s Day is approaching, and soon discussions will emerge across various platforms. New slogans will be coined, and policy tweaks will be grandly announced."

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Redefining Work: The Debate on Working Hours.
The Sunday Guardian
16 Feb '25

Redefining Work: The Debate on Working Hours.

Area: Society, Culture & Contemporary Social Issues

"The debate on working hours has intensified recently. Initially, it was suggested that Indians should work 70 hours a week, and recently, the chairman of a major organisation proposed 90-hour workweeks."

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Breaking through the cycle of exploitation in relationships.
The Sunday Guardian
19 Jan '25

Breaking through the cycle of exploitation in relationships.

Area: Society, Culture & Contemporary Social Issues

"Our society embodies a stark contrast between its proclaimed life-affirmative ideals and the underlying suffering that prevails. Relationships, especially marriage, are often transactional and materialistic arrangements rather than expressions of love and understanding."

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Swami Vivekananda: Struggle, Resilience, and Legacy.
The Sunday Guardian
12 Jan '25

Swami Vivekananda: Struggle, Resilience, and Legacy.

Area: Society, Culture & Contemporary Social Issues

"In honor of Swami Vivekananda’s birthday, celebrated as Youth Day, seminars, meetings, and resolutions around youth empowerment take centerstage. The discussions surround Swami Ji’s feat in taking Vedanta to the world, yet the immense struggles and challenges he faced often go unacknowledged."

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