Desi Return Diaries

Global Citizens Living in US for More Than 20 years with a Stint to Live in India for 7 years in Between (Part - 1 of 3)

Nagesh and Rangan left for the US in 1997, spent 10 years before returning to India. They talk about the life of an NRI in the US prior to Google, building early career, settling in US and the reasons to return to India. Lots of interesting insights and details
 
Topics covered
Background 
Reasons to move to US
Initial days after moving to US
Life in US prior to 2000 without google search etc.,
Immigration process and living conditions prior to 2000
Investment in India
Reasons to move back to India
Career Transitions
Logistics

Candid Conversation of Family’s Life Abroad and reasons to move back after 4 years in US and 3 years in Sweden

Hemanth’s family spent more than  4 years in the US and 3 years in Sweden before returning back to India as part of internal company transfer. Hemant tried moving back to India a couple of times.  Hemant talks about the loneliness, social life, cycle of immigrant, reasons to move back, finance planning and much more 

Journey of working family, mom of 2 kids, entrepreneur who spent 6 years in US and return to India

Manvi’s family went to the US as part of internal company transfer and spent 6 years in the US before moving back to India. Manvi talks about how they loved US and what made them return to India, kids life in US vs india, logistics of the move, career transition and much more.

Story of an IT family who went to US for onsite, lived for 12 years and made a conscious decision to return back | Planning, Timing, Schooling, City selection and much more

Ankush went to US as part of internal company transfer and spent 12 years in US before moving back to India. Ankush had a good social life, good professional career and work life balance while living in the US. Ankush talks about what made their family move back to India, how they approached the timing when they want to move and plan the move as well as which city to settle.

Ex-googler, Author and NRI Counsellor’s Candid Conversation about Returning Back to India

Nupur went to US for masters, worked at google, lived american life for 13 years before moving to India. Nupur has been working with govt, start-ups, and large organizations since moving to India. Nupur also explored several opportunities and wrote three books. Nupur has also helped 1000+ NRIs and Indians to get clarity of living abroad or in India. Lots of candid conversations and insights. 
 
Here’s some of the topics we covered:
Background
Reason for moving back
Social/work life in US vs India
Misconceptions of living in India 
Career transition from technology to arts
How did the idea of retiring worked out for her?
Perspective on Financial Planning
Info about 3 books
Any topics that we haven’t covered?
Advice for the future aspirants
 

Story of an IT family who lived in US for 20 Years and been living in India for 10 years

Rajiv and Meena spent 20 years in the US before moving back to India. They have been living in India for 10 years. They talk about how they planned the move, kids education,  work culture, career transition, social life, cost of living etc.,

From India to UK for MBA and Back to India for Family Business After working at VC Firm

Aditya was working in India before moving to the UK to pursue an MBA degree. After graduating, Aditya worked in a VC firm to appreciate the business landscape and decided to move back to India to take care of family business, where he is planning to bring technology to tea leaf business. Aditya shares his thoughts of the corporate world vs traditional family business as well as work culture differences between India and UK.

From Living in USA for 14 years to India : A Single Mom’s Journey, Writing & Raising Successful Kids

Ranjani lived in the US  for 14 years before moving back to India in 2000’s and currently living in Singapore. She shares her journey to move back to India, leading a life and raising kid as a single mom in India, perspective of life living in different countries. Ranjani is a writer and she shares information about her books and work related to writing columns about return to India for a newspaper.

From Living in the US and UK for more than a decade to vibrant life in India and Kids schooling IB VS CBSE

Prashant lived in the US and UK for more than 10 years before moving back to India. He always planned to be back in India. He shares his journey, cultural differences in different countries. Prashant shares about the career transition and how his wife found the job from abroad, kids schooling and social life in India.

From Aussie NRI Life to Indian Startup Skippi Ice Pops

Description:  Ravi worked in his family business in India before moving to Australia. After spending close to 9 years,  the family moved back to India. He and his wife started a successful startup called Skippi Ice Pops. He shares his journey of relocating, starting a new startup, social life as well as pro/cons of living in india. 
 
Here’s some of the topics we covered:
Background
Reason for moving back
Ease of starting startup in India
Social life
Pros and Cons of living in India
Any topics that we haven’t covered?
Advice for the future aspirants