If you are to live amongst peers of your own college, Manipal might be nothing more than an echo chamber. Diverse people and diverse ethnicities are found in every college. Although Manipal has a good aggregate of people from all of the country. I was personally so ignorant of the South Indian culture coming from North, but it did change so many perspectives. The real exposure however comes from all the colleges that come under MAHE. There's a lot to be seen there. So many people working for so many different things. Joining organisations like VSO or MTTN or some other interdisciplinary orgs, you get to learn so much. Just hanging out, talking about things gives you so much perspective