Back to India on Sub-Prime Wings
In the wake of the sub-prime mortgage crisis and fall of the US greenback against the rupee, it makes me wonder how many Indians in America have decided to pull up stakes and return to home. In November, NPR ran a story about a new movement of India doctors to come back to elite-multispeciality hospitals in Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai where they don't earn as much money, but can have a higher standard of living. I've heard similar stories about Indian filmmakers who were trying to make it in the Hollywood have retreated to Mumbai where they have more opportunities. It's probably happening in the IT sector, as well.
Earlier this week a publication contacted me to write a story about Indians who have spent time in the United States, only to realize that they can live better back at home. I have a few people in mind to feature, but there are probably hundreds of stories out there of returnees and I would love your help to find them. Maybe it'd be a good time to vent about the failure of one particular American dream.
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posted by Scott Carney @ 8:39 AM
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I don't think it's "a failure of the American Dream" per se, so much as just going where the work is good, plus the bonus of being close to one's family. Most Indian migrants to the west are economic migrants, not political or religious refugees. They went where they saw the opportunities, now that career opportunities are good back home, they are drifting back. That's my view.
---Sharmishtha
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