You relocated and during your childhood. You think thats the same as relocating when you are an adult or when you have kids?
On 12/1/09, Kiran K Karthikeyan <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/11/30 Srini RamaKrishnan <[email protected]> > >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/28/business/global/28return.html?_r=1&src=tw&pagewanted=all >> >> Some Indians Find It Tough to Go Home Again >> > > I moved to the US when I was 11 and moved back when I was 16 and I've gone > back multiple times on business in the past 3 years. It took me longer to > adjust to the US when I went there initially than to India when I came back > and I find it completely surprising that people who go there maybe after > graduation or sometimes even later (i.e. after the so called formative > years) come back after a few years and then complain about how things > work/don't work in India or as in this article, how its tough to go home > again. > > And this rant is usually preceded by how they genuinely wanted to return and > contribute to the country of their origin. > > Please, do us a favor, stay where you are and don't come back. For every > repat that rants, there is one that digs in, and contributes without > cribbing. If you still insist on coming back, please understand that just by > you coming back, a country of a billion people is not going to change how it > works, especially if you try and replicate to every last detail your > environment in the US here. > > Kiran > -- Sent from my mobile device
