Let me talk about what I want to study. The first one on the list is Finance & Economics. Investments, macro-economics and especially stock markets have fascinated me so much in the past couple of years. I'd say maybe recession is attributed for this taste to have developed. I don't mean to say that I wanna quit as an engineer and go learn fund management in a B-school, but I'd love to read more about this field - managing investments, what economics means, what's all about central banks controlling rates n all...wow, it's all so cool, definitely better than circuits (Yeah, I would have laughed at hearing myself saying this a few years back, but yes, it's no joke today).
Next comes History & Religion. Yeah, I've always loved this subject and discussions, they're my all time favorite. I remember while in 9th standard at school, I had a debate with almost my whole class over existence of God, and me and my friend Shreyashi were confronting the rest of the class. I want to delve deeper into the logical reasoning behind the upcoming of various religious beliefs and traditions. I wanna know what was the society before the religion, whom did the childhood friends of Lord Rama / Krishna pray? How did Christainity evolve? Of course my current knowledge about world religions is quite limited, and I'm very keen to expand that. I seriously wanna take up this study, but I feel it's gonna be a full fledged course in itself...
Finally, surprisingly, comes Modern Physics. Yes, of late I've being going away from pure sciences, into stuff such as society, economy, religion etc. But then, I've had a long science background, and something I got a very limited exposure to while even in college was Modern Physics. I was fascinated by alll those dangerous looking equations, but then, I feel it's the bridge between one of the biggest conflicts of all times - the science and religion. Both Modern Physics and Religion try to answer one basic question - the evolution of universe, and the history of time. I feel excited about this subject despite the abtruse mathematical nature, and I'd want to spend some time delving into it's intricacies. Especially, I love all the paradoxes that come up due to the gap between what quantum theories predict and what the common perception is.
Finally, the question remains, how and when to pursue this interest. I'm not sure if reading part time after job would work, maybe taking a couple of months break from jjob would do. I'm not sure, let's see what can I do about it...
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