How to Coach Your Child: A Handbook for Indian Parents
Your child is struggling with school, and you feel the weight of expectations pressing down on both of you. You want to guide them, but the path is murky. I'...
Honest advice on fertility, startups and your child's education
I'm Dr Aniruddha Malpani. For thirty years I have worked as an IVF doctor and an angel investor, and written about what I have learnt. Pick the path closest to what you are facing. Each one gathers my most useful posts in the order I would read them. If you have a question of your own, ask me in the chat, day or night.
IVF and fertility
If you are going through IVF
What to understand before you start, how to choose a protocol, why cycles fail, and how to tell when a clinic is not putting you first.
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Startups
If you are building a startup
How to think like a founder, build something people want, raise money, hire well and earn a reputation without a marketing budget.
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Education
If you are paying for edtech
The Byju's Files: how India's most valuable startup sold fear to parents, who it hurt, and what to check before you sign up your child.
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Rethinking Childhood: An Indian Parent’s Guide
I've watched countless parents grapple with the overwhelming demands of raising children in today's world. You might feel the pressure to conform to societal...
The Engaged Indian Teen
You're sitting across the dinner table from your child, and it feels like there's an invisible wall between you. They're physically present but emotionally a...
Building Frugal Startups: Lessons from the Trenches
Building a startup on a shoestring budget is not just a challenge; it's a necessity for many founders in India.
The Most Underrated Skill in Investing Is Not Dying
Everyone has this backwards. We treat a long life like a report card. You jogged. You skipped the sweets. You slept eight hours and did your pranayama. So yo...
Paper Leak is not the problem
Congratulations to Nandan Nilekani on the exam reforms task force. And credit to the PM for picking him. Of everyone in India, he's the one who has actually ...
Why I Don’t Trust AI to Grade Embryos
Should AI grade your IVF embryos? Dr Malpani on why he doesn't trust algorithms with this call, and what actually predicts a healthy embryo.
Reforming Education and Giving Students Autonomy
Explore how giving students autonomy through digital learning pods and community micro-schools can transform education, focusing on creativity, critical thinking, and personalized learning beyond traditional schooling constraints.
A Conversation About Screen Time and Self-Directed Learning
Explore how guided, purposeful screen time can support your child's self-directed learning and skill development, turning digital exposure into a valuable educational experience with the right tools and supervision.
How you can create a lasting personal legacy?
Learn how strategic donations to municipal hospitals can create a lasting personal legacy while transforming public healthcare infrastructure and patient care in India. Discover practical steps to support and name hospital departments through impactful philanthropy.