Should Children Learn Coding in School?
Last month, I watched a ten-year-old spend nearly twenty minutes trying to make a cartoon cat move across a screen. The cat moved, but not in the direction h...
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Why Reading Habits Are Dying in Indian Homes
I notice it in my clinic, in conversations with founders, and especially when I speak to parents. Indian children are reading less for pleasure, even when th...
How to Pick Extracurriculars for Your Child
How to Pick Extracurricular Activities for Kids in India Last month, a parent asked me whether her nine-year-old daughter should learn piano, swimming, codin...
How to Talk to Your Partner About Infertility
Last week, a couple sat in my consulting room after nearly two years of trying to conceive. The wife had brought a notebook full of test reports and question...
How to Think Better: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition
You're staring at a decision that feels monumental. Maybe it's a startup idea that's been brewing, or a personal choice that could change everything. I've se...
Why Do Indian Schools Still Teach Rote Learning?
I recently watched a bright school student struggle to explain a science answer she had reproduced perfectly in an examination. She had memorised the paragra...
Career Counselling: A Free Guide for Indian Students
I've seen countless students grapple with the pressure of choosing a career path. Some feel lost, overwhelmed by expectations and choices. Others are paralyz...
Why Schools Are Broken, and How to Fix Them
Your child comes home from school, frustrated and disillusioned. They've spent hours memorizing facts that seem irrelevant, while their creativity and curios...
Why Do Indian Parents Push Their Children into Engineering?
A few years ago, a young man came to see me with his mother. He had completed two years of engineering, had failed several subjects, and had stopped attendin...
How to Choose a School for Your Child in India
When parents ask me how to choose a school in India, I tell them to begin with one unfashionable question: what kind of child do you want your child to becom...