Who We Are
An independent publication for Sanatana Dharma
Prajna Insights explains the scriptures, philosophies, sciences, arts, and living practice of Sanatana Dharma — researched carefully, written plainly, and edited without an ideological or institutional agenda.
Prajna — प्रज्ञा — is the Sanskrit word for a particular kind of knowing: not information held loosely, but understanding that has been tested and can be relied upon. It is the word the Upanishads reach for when they say prajnanam brahma — consciousness itself is the ultimate reality. We borrowed the name because it names the standard we are trying to meet, not because we have already met it.
We exist because most coverage of Hindu thought online falls into one of two categories: devotional content that assumes agreement, or news coverage that only notices the tradition when it becomes a controversy. Neither leaves much room for a reader who simply wants to understand what Advaita actually claims, how a Chola temple was engineered, or what the Isha Upanishad is doing with the word “renunciation.” Prajna Insights is an attempt to write for that reader.
We are, deliberately, not a news website. We do not cover politics, elections, or the daily controversy cycle, even where it touches religion — a decision explained fully in our Editorial Policy. Our essays are written to be worth reading in ten years, not shared today and forgotten tomorrow.
What We Stand For
Truth over reach
We would rather publish a smaller, truer account than a larger one that outruns what the sources actually support.
Fidelity to sources
Every essay is grounded in primary texts and named commentaries. Where scholars disagree, we say so; where we simplify, we say that too.
No sensationalism
No clickbait, no outrage, no listicles. An essay is published when it is right, not when it is fastest.
Independence
No temple, sampradaya, or political organisation reviews our editorial content or holds a right of reply beyond correcting an error.
These commitments are not slogans — they are set out in detail in our Editorial Policy and Code of Ethics.
Who Writes This
Prajna Insights is currently a one-person operation. Most essays carry an institutional byline rather than an individual one, because that is the more honest description of how they were made — see below, and our Editorial Policy for the full explanation. If you would like your own name on a byline here, see Contribute.