I have spent thirty years as an IVF doctor and as an angel investor, and most of what I write here comes out of that work. Some of it turned into things you can use, join or argue with. This page lists them in one place, with the honest state of each.
If you are a patient, or trying to become a parent
My clinic is in Colaba, Mumbai, and it treats patients from all over the world. If you already have a diagnosis and want a second opinion, ivfindia exists for that. The patient education library I started, HELP, is free and has no advertising.
- The clinic
- Free second opinion, ivfindia
- HELP, the free patient education library
- My books, free to read
- The IVF reading path on this site
If you want to change what schools do to children
This is the work I care about most now. Apni Pathshala runs community learning pods: a room, a computer and a child who is allowed to follow her own questions. There are about thirty centres and the goal is at least seventy more. The APNA PC is the cheap machine built for that room, and the free AI tutor is the teacher that never gets tired or impatient.
- Apni Pathshala, the learning pods
- The APNA PC, the low-cost computer
- The free AI tutor for JEE
- Teach to Earn, the idea behind all of it
- The parents reading path on this site
- The Byju’s Files, if you are about to pay for edtech
If you have a room, a school, a computer lab, a set of parents, or time, tell me what you have. That is the kind of help these centres need.
If you are building a company
Malpani Ventures backs early-stage Indian startups, more than fifteen so far, and we look for people solving a real Indian problem frugally. If that is you, read how I invest before you write to me, because most pitches fail on the same few things.
- Malpani Ventures
- The founder reading path on this site
- How to reach investors without a warm introduction
If you want to help, and you are not sure how
Write to me through the contact page and say what you can actually offer: a room in your city, a skill, a school that would host a pod, a translation, money for machines. I read these myself and I will point you at the person who can use it.
If you think I am wrong
That is welcome too, and it is the reason the comments are open on every post here again, including the old ones. Pick the argument you disagree with on the timeline and answer it there. If you want to see how it has gone before, these are the threads where readers pushed back hardest. Dissent written in public is more useful than agreement sent privately.