The Curious Case of... Dr Bhooshan Shukla
(All of us are born curious. Some of us actively practice it, irrespective of age. Our Curious Cases series gives you a glimpse into the minds of such curious folk. May they rub off you the right way!)
Dr. Bhooshan Shukla is a practicing child psychiatrist and trained psychotherapist. While he has to keep track of videogames that teenagers play as a professional requirement, he can hold forth on topics that range from Taleb to Tolstoy, Sanskrit to Capitalism, Healthcare to Religion. If you ever wanted to define what an “uber cool” psychiatrist is, you’d point to him.
Name
Dr Bhooshan Shukla
Location
Pune, India
What I do
Child and Adolescent psychiatrist
On the Curiosity scale,
I am... Super Curious
What I prefer to consume (in descending order of preference):
Newspaper (electronic) > Books > TV shows > Social Media > Movies (less than 10 per year)
Number of books and movies I get through in a year
Books about 20, movies: 10 or less
One book I'd recommend to a friend / colleague:
My best source for book / movie / website recommendations:
Friends
I am currently reading:
One place on Earth that I am very curious about:
Great Rift Valley in Africa
Website(s) that I get a lot of useful info from:
Stumbleupon
One topic I am super-opinionated about:
Religion
People come to me to find out what I think about these topics:
Psychology, Medicine, Hypnosis, Evolution, Public Speaking
What I prefer to use (in descending order of preference)
Facebook > Twitter > Quora
The strangest food item I have eaten
If I could spend a day in the mind, body, and shoes of a person, it would be...
One interesting / fun fact I recently learnt:
Trigonometry has practical uses.
I stay up-to-date by doing this...
Surfing net for information and reading stuff written by people who believe in things that I don't - understanding counterpoint
One interesting/fun fact about myself
I believe that I had a past life in Ireland (though I don't believe in past life stuff)
I express my curiosity by doing these things:
Read, read, read
The one thing I am very interested in
Evolution
A habit or skill I'd love to acquire:
A movie or TV show that taught me something new
The Big Bang Theory - it taught me that earning money is important, you can always appear nicer if you are rich.
If there was one mystery I'd like to solve, it would be
What women want?
I would love to do this at least once
Cave Diving in Mexico
People I would like to ask all these same questions to:
All women
Curiosity is important to my work because...
It helps me understand people better and protects me from being opinionated and biased
Someone I know who asks a lot of questions
My 9-yr old daughter
My curiosity tip
Don't believe anything that you see, hear or read.
Where you can be found online @docbhooshan Blog - www.childpsychiatrypune.com