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The Manipal Experience

ByManipal Academy of Higher EducationDecember 18, 2017

 

“I don’t think I can live away from home,” I cried as I left for Manipal. As a typical Indian boy, raised with the comforts of never having to make a decision and coddled by parents who strictly adhered to the norms of the society, I wasn’t ready for the huge change that was college. Timid and shy, I began my days in Manipal without a lot of expectations. The life changing experience that it became was the last thing I had anticipated.

Log kya kahenge (what will people say) is a phrase that can define my life up until Manipal. All my life, I have been taught to care about what people would think and had let others dictate the way I lead my life. Be it my parents, my relatives, my grocer, my neighbor or the dude who always hangs out near my house, if they said I had to do it, I’d do it. I was well-accustomed to that life. This is why everything about the thought of moving to Manipal was a scary thought. I mean, choosing my own elective courses? Doing my own laundry? Deciding what I wanted for every meal? I was utterly sure I wasn’t ready for that.

But, Manipal sure had a plan for me – one that proved me wrong. In Manipal, I was never told what to do. I was never told to conform. Instead, I was given this thing called ‘freedom’ and it transformed my life. The unparalleled education, the amazing faculty, the breathtaking beaches, the wonderful people, the insane parties, the spur-of-the-moment road trips, the little tête-à-têtes at Kamath Circle have all changed me from the timid boy to one that could take on life head-on.

Every step of my life in Manipal was one that disproved my initial fears and trepidations. It gave me the space to reinvent myself. I make my own choices. I do my own laundry (or don’t). I choose my meals. Essentially, I am the only one who decides how my life turns out now. No matter how far I get in life, Manipal will always be where it all started. “I don’t think I can live away from home,” I cried as I left Manipal at the end of my four-year journey.

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Manipal Academy of Higher Education

About Author - Manipal is one of India's leading academic and research institutions. It has been granted Institution of Eminence status by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. For more details visit www.manipal.edu

Author Email – admissions@manipal.edu

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