Pragya Tomar seated in an armchair

I’m Pragya.

Author exploring the mind and what it means to live awake.

I write about the stories we inherit, the identities we carry, and what changes when we begin to see ourselves more clearly.

Who are we, beneath everything we’ve learned to be?

500,000+ copies sold worldwide · Translated into five languages

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The Hey Girl!collection

With positive prompts and mindful activities, Hey Girl! Empowering Journal for Girls gives girls a place to express themselves, practice gratitude, trust their voice, and grow in confidence.

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A Life Awake

Reflections from an Examined Life

What happens when you begin to question everything you thought you knew about yourself?

Reflections on approval, control, love, responsibility, and the moments that reveal our own part in the lives we are living. Each piece offers somewhere to pause, recognize something familiar, and look again.

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Notes from anexamined life.

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Awareness · 3 min read

What We Choose to Honor

I am a Rajput. I grew up hearing stories of Queen Padmini, of her courage, and of the jauhar at Chittorgarh. My naani lives near the fort, and those stories were part of my childhood, told with pride as lessons in honor, loyalty, and sacrifice. This past winter, I finally...

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Relationships · 5 min read

A Late Obituary

It has been twenty years since my papa passed away. I never wrote an obituary for him. Not then. Not later. Somehow, this is the first time I feel ready to truly accept that he left us. Grief, I’ve learned, doesn’t move in straight lines. It hides. It waits. And sometimes it...

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Spiritual Wisdom · 3 min read

Hanuman Ansh

I watched Hanuman Ansh, which is based on Neem Karoli Baba. His real name was Lakshman Narayan Sharma, and he lived roughly from 1900 to 1973. Watching his life made me think of so many other Indian spiritual masters, like Adi Shankaracharya, Ramana Maharshi, Swami...

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The Stories We Call “Me”