Ep 439: Janhavi Nilekani Threw the Other Shoe

She is a thinker and doer who takes on difficult problems, whether it's maternal care in India or a dangerous ideological cult. Janhavi Nilekani joins Amit Varma in episode 439 of The Seen and the Unseen to chat about her work in healthcare -- and her gender-critical thinking. (FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN. ) Also check out : 1. Janhavi Nilekani on Instagram , Twitter , Substack and Aastrika . 2. Aastrika Foundation . 3. Aastrika Midwifery Centre . 4. Janhavi Nilekani's Substack . 5. Janhavi Nilekani on Maternal Healthcare and Evidence-Based Decision-Making -- The Ideas of India podcast by Shruti Rajagopalan. 6. Understanding Indian Healthcare — Episode 225 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Karthik Muralidharan). 7. Essays at the Intersection of Environmental and Development Economics -- Janhavi Nilekani. 8. Rohini Nilekani Pays It Forward — Episode 317 of The Seen and the Unseen. 9. Natasha Badhwar Lives the Examined Life — Episode 301 of The Seen and the Unseen. 10. Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality -- Helen Joyce. 11. Yuganta -- Irawati Karve. 12. Maxims for Thinking Analytically: The wisdom of legendary Harvard Professor Richard Zeckhauser -- Dan Levy. 13. The Skeptical Environmentalist -- Bjorn Lomborg. 14. The Practice of Medicine — Episode 229 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Lancelot Pinto). 15. Informed Consent is Meaningless if the Information is False and the Consent is Coerced -- Janhavi Nilekani. 16. Beyond too little, too late and too much, too soon -- Suellen Miller et al. 17. What These Labels Mean -- Episode 107 of Everything is Everything. 18. The Positive Birth Book -- Milli Hill. 19. The Word is Woman -- Milli Hill's Substack. 20. The Cass Report . 21. Inclusivity In Healthcare Should Not Be Valued Above Our Paramount Mandate: First, Do No Harm -- Janhavi Nilekani. 22. Understanding the Sex Binary -- Colin Wright. 23. Irreversible Damage -- Abigail Shrier. 24. The Famous Five and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai . 25. Sense and Sensibility -- Jane Austen. 26. The Grand Sophy -- Georgette Heyer. 27. Ilona Andrews on Amazon. 28. The Liaden series by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. 29. Lupa . This episode is sponsored by CTQ Compounds . Check out The Daily Reader and FutureStack . Use the code UNSEEN for Rs 2500 off. Amit Varma runs a course called Life Lessons , which aims to be a launchpad towards learning essential life skills all of you need. For more details, and to sign up, click here . And have you read Amit's newsletter?

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This episode was published on Mar 9, 2026.

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