In Somaiya, I crossed paths with people who were interested in the same things as I.  Like electrons around a nucleus, we stayed close to each other, not because of our similarities but the central question that pulled us towards itself; I wanted to know who I was, and they wanted to know themselves too. We were curious and found treasure troves of knowledge here. All subjects taught as a part of our curriculum dissected the human body for us, explaining how it works. The human body was looked at now, as a wonderful instrument, but not the human being anymore.  Somehow, looking at a patient’s body or your own, as a doctor, was very different and detached, as compared to looking at a body and thinking it is the person.  Awkwardness vanishes and you allow yourself to gain knowledge over prejudiced ignorance. This perspective opened our minds further, allowing us to explore more areas of learning, removing the barriers of believing or disbelieving what we do not know. Consequently, we didn’t shy away from delving into subjects that wikipedia would call pseudo sciences or the ones that are soft sciences. Astrology, psychology, graphology, homoeopathy,  People would say, “oh, so you believe in astrology” Which sounded to me like being asked “Do you believe in pharmacology?” Logy = the study of; Am I studying the subject? I am going through available literature, observing human behaviour and comparing to see what I can find. Did it give me any valuable insights? – Yes it did add a dimension to my perspective. My study on these subjects wether astrology, psychology, graphology, or homoeopathy is because of how curious I am to know myself better. It seems like the most basic information I need,  to proceed with life. How do I know what I want, when I don’t know who I am in the first place? As therapists, when a patient has poor proprioception or kinesthetic sense, we start off with mirror therapy. I couldn’t tell who I was, and these subjects made humans, mirrors for me. Quite naturally, we began observing similarities and differences in traits, physical as well as psychological, what was causing them to show up this way in people in the sample space we had, not just in somaiya but at bus stops, railway stations, characters in movies, TV shows, the people we loved, despised, or were indifferent to. Would this data that we personally collected, satisfy the criteria for a valid research? No. We build theories based on assumptions and discard them when the LHS is not equal to RHS. It is a personal quest but since it involves people, I have been rather unabashed in admitting these fleeting theories. The short comings of one are catered to in the next; to a certain extent, tainted with personal incapacities, biases and weaknesses nonetheless. Is it fun? Oh. It is all the adventure I seek. I may be be defending astrology quite poorly, for I don’t intend to defend it at all. Because A. The information I have is rather inadequate to do so, and B. It has been doing quite well so far without my defense.