Hi, Fred,
Just read the excellent piece by Dr Belinda Viegas-Mueller.
It reminded me of a cousin who returned to our village in Kerala with her two teenaged daughters from Geneva a few years ago. My uncle and family are permanent residents of Switzerland and the cousin did her initial schooling in Kerala and higher studies in Germany and Switzerland. She was married to a German engineer.
She was employed with a UN body in a senior position in Geneva when they separated and she found it difficult to carry on there. The reason was more or less the same cited by Dr Belinda. My cousin had two options, she told me: Either let go of her children and lead an empty life there, or sacrifice her career and the good life there and return to India with her kids.
She chose the latter. And I don't think she regrets it. Her older daughter is herself an engineer now, happily married and settled in Dubai. The younger one is doing her MBA. My cousin says the life here is tough, but it has meaning.
Finally, I think, it all depends on how you look at life!
Regards & best wishes,
RKN
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