Submitted By: Professor Singh

Check out this link: Return to India: One Family’s Journey to America and Back – A Special Report from Wharton

During my presentation on India recently, I mentioned “brain gain”, a term getting very familiar to Indians all over the world. I came across a report by an Indian author who, after having a successful career in the US for 20 years, decided to return back to her homeland. Being an “economic immigrant”, as is the case with most Indians immigrating to the US, the author discusses the reasons why Indians move back to India or decide to stay in the US.

Most Indians, according to the article, use a green card or citizenship as an insurance policy and activate their plans to move back to India soon after. Through my personal experiences in talking to innumerable Indians in the US, those raising or planning to raise their families in the US, always express concerns that the new generation may lose their Indian heritage and beliefs while growing up in the US. The author of this article expands on how India’s social fabric seemed more conducive to raising a family to here.

Many interesting comments regarding this article are posted here.

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