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September 29, 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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एक अरबपति का मास्टरप्लान: सूरज को रोको, कार्बन उगलते रहो?
NBT Navbharat Times
13 Sep '26

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

Area: Environment, Technology & the Future of Civilization

"कार्बन उत्सर्जन कम करने के लिए आखिर चाहिए क्या? सैद्धांतिक रूप से, कुछ भी नया नहीं। किसी आविष्कार का इंतज़ार नहीं है। किसी लॉन्च विंडो की प्रतीक्षा नहीं करनी है। मटेरियल विज्ञान में किसी बड़ी सफलता की आवश्यकता नहीं है। ज़रूरत बस इतनी है कि एक बहुत बड़ी आबादी अपनी मौजूदा भोग-वृत्ति पर लगाम लगाए। और यही वह चीज़ है जिसे कोई भी इंजीनियर पूरा नहीं कर सकता, और कोई भी शिखर सम्मेलन इस पर बातचीत नहीं कर सकता।"

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Janmashtami: Idols, Stories, and the Bhagavad Gita
NBT Navbharat Times
04 Sep '26

Janmashtami: Idols, Stories, and the Bhagavad Gita

Area: Festivals, Symbolism & Inner Renewal

“There is one Krishna that we have fabricated for ourselves: the butter-thief, sitting on a swing, reveling in Raas with the Gopis. It’s easy to remember this Krishna, because he doesn’t demand anything from us. On the other hand, there is the Krishna of the Gita. In his life you will see nothing but apparent contradictions, because advaita itself means that all dualities are contained within it. The otherworldly image of Krishna that we created has, in fact, taken the Gita away from us.”

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Nepal Tragedy: Why Is There an Attempt to Hide the Truth?
NBT Navbharat Times
30 Aug '26

Nepal Tragedy: Why Is There an Attempt to Hide the Truth?

Area: Environment, Technology & the Future of Civilization

"Everything is being blamed—the bad luck, the missing pilgrims, the sheer scale of the water. But the one word that should not merely be spoken but shouted aloud—climate—is being deliberately avoided. What kind of conspiracy is this? And who is it designed to deceive?"

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Gen Z: A vibe is not a revolution
NBT Navbharat Times
23 Aug '26

Gen Z: A vibe is not a revolution

Area: Society, Culture & Contemporary Social Issues

“What is being called a generational shift is actually a fleeting, circumstantial phenomenon, and everyone has misunderstood it—whether they are celebrating it or panicking over it, including political parties. This badge of honour is being bestowed far too quickly. We say they are rebels. But are they really?”

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Independence Day: The Sword Still Hangs Overhead
NBT Navbharat Times
15 Aug '26

Independence Day: The Sword Still Hangs Overhead

Area: Nation, Governance & Cultural Introspection

"Freedom is natural — it's a given. The more honest and more useful question is: if everything is free from birth, then where did this thing called slavery come from later on? Was India always enslaved? No. So where did slavery come from? That's the question we should really be asking."

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Animal Cruelty: Who Deserves Our Compassion—and Who Doesn't?
NBT Navbharat Times
02 Aug '26

Animal Cruelty: Who Deserves Our Compassion—and Who Doesn't?

Area: Philosophy, Ethics & Self-Enquiry

"The violence committed three times a day, with every meal, throughout a lifetime, is no longer called cruelty—it becomes unconsciousness. One who refuses to look at what's on their plate eventually loses the ability to truly see the rest of their life as well. That blindness begins spreading long before they become aware of it."

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Dear youth, how about a real revolution?
NBT Navbharat Times
26 Jul '26

Dear youth, how about a real revolution?

Area: Nation, Governance & Cultural Introspection

“The chair has never corrupted a truly sacred person. The chair only gives a bigger stage to that ego whose owner has never bothered to question it. You can keep changing the patients as many times as you like; the disease remains in the hospital.”

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Who Will Account for the Real Cost of Cleanliness in Developed Countries?
NBT Navbharat Times
05 Jul '26

Who Will Account for the Real Cost of Cleanliness in Developed Countries?

Area: Environment, Technology & the Future of Civilization

"If there were genuine love for cleanliness, filth would not merely be hidden - it would be eliminated. Instead of relocating slaughterhouses, they would be shut down. Industrial demand would be reduced, not simply shifted elsewhere. Every system bears witness to the same fact: what is called love is, as yet, only an act. True cleanliness, then, has only one meaning - the diminishing of the ego."

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