Monday, December 24, 2007

Return to India: One Family's Journey to America and Back

The country’s best and brightest always wanted a piece of the global action as early as possible. It’s not enough for them to be just notching up big salaries at placements end. Exposure counts as well, and for many, it’s the international variety that scores higher on the list. Little wonder that more and more Indians are showing interest in going overseas for their internships and become part of globalization folks.

This is the first step also for students to become famously known as Non Resident Indians (NRI’s) by settling in the adopted country. Today, signs have begun appear that the tide may be turning. With the rapid and robust economic and financial growth in the country over the last few years, non-residents are actively start coming to their own country and have started investing in their mother land.

Indian students are not leaving the country as eagerly as they once did, and if they do, they go back home much faster because of the attractive professional opportunities there. Others return because they feel they are losing a connection with their past.

This was the same case for Shoba Narayan’s, as she returned to India after living in the U.S for 20 years. In the special section, she shares her experience with Knowledge.Wharton…………click here to read the article!

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