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Studying after a Break: 6 Tips for a Smooth Transition Back Into Life as a Student

Back from a break and the work keeps piling up?

It is that time of the year when everyone is ‘just’ back from home, the holiday mood still lingering. Often it so happens that we take a lot of time to acclimatize ourselves “again” to Manipal… So long that we realize suddenly that there are assignments to be submitted, deadlines to be met… all this… Continue reading Studying after a Break: 6 Tips for a Smooth Transition Back Into Life as a Student

It was over a long time back . . .

I looked below..into the dark abyss. One step and there was no turning back. A lot of thoughts crossed my mind. But I was determined. I could feel the nip in the air. It pierced through my body. “Where is he?” I thought. I knew there was going to be no one there. He did… Continue reading It was over a long time back . . .

Sikkim factor makes MU go back to MAHE

After months of discussion and much deliberation, the management of the Manipal University has decided that they would go back to being “MAHE” i.e Manipal Academy Of Higher Education.It shall officially come into effect from the next financial year.This decision came in wake of the trouble that was being caused by the existence of an… Continue reading Sikkim factor makes MU go back to MAHE

Monkey Business!!

That was no monkeying around!

It was a really hot afternoon.The Sun was shining with all its might.Wasn’t it raining heavily only yesterday?, I thought as I waited outside the ATM opposite the Old Trauma Center.It seemed like it would take forever for my turn to come. I was about to give up and leave when I heard an unusual… Continue reading Monkey Business!!

Surviving Manipal…The College Part Of It!

Don't become the person that your classmates (and secretly the professor too) peg as an annoying person. Annoying people tend to be easier students to remember than the not annoying ones (and that's not a good thing.)

I remember the day I came here…I was excited..but nervous too…(courtesy the stories of ragging that one invariably comes across before joining college)…Everything was different here…The people, the language.. the food.. even the way things worked here…and the Anatomy dissection class on the first day didn’t help in any way to make me feel welcome…I… Continue reading Surviving Manipal…The College Part Of It!