Manav Mishra
Manav is really a hard guy to write about . If i say i understand him completely , it'd be a lie . So i'll write what i think i know about him . We met the first day of college , right after the counselling at the hostel where the rooms were going to be assigned . We were supposed to get the same room . i didn't want a room with him and neither did he . But i was there before him so i didn't say anything and took the room . He however took a different room . So i guess we start with an uneasy dislike . He had more dislike for me than me for him . Frankly , for me he was just another guy . The common link between us was neha , his sister n my friend . She made him talk to me or see me differently .. i still don't know how that happened . For me , the more i learnt about him , the more i liked him . But we weren't that close the first year , maybe for a little while but basically we had a different set of friends and i just didn't like his set . But my respect for him has just grown . Where and how i met him is just not important . whats important is what i think of the guy . so read onto the next section
Notes on Manav
Frankly i feel kiddish writing anything at all about him . Partly because it feels like writing about someone who's beyond my understanding and partly because i feel kiddish when i think of him . He's simply way way more mature than me . He's seen so much more of the world . he has real world experience i can't ever hope to get . He lives by the old world rules of chivalry, honour and friendship . He's always kept his word as far as i can remember and we all know how hard that can be . Thats the most honorable thing that can be done . Once he calls someone a friend , he's there for them always . How many people can say that ? I've known and seen this to be true and that says more about the guy than anything else . For him everyone in his life come before him . Obviously , that kind of selflessness hurts the person . And he's been through hell . No one knows exactly what price he's paid for that , but for him that doesn't matter . This is how he lives and thats the end of it . I've been tormented so many times into asking him to think of himself , but then on the other hand , if he does that , it takes the essence of what he is away from him . Like i said , its kiddish writing about him . i can't do justice to what i feel and want to say here . Meet him and you'll see for yourself . What i can guarantee you is , you just won't meet a better person than him . It's a privilege just to know him , i just hope the people who are around him realise that .
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