Raising Kids Alone: My Return to India from US | NRI | BACK TO INDIA

[@deepthirao164]

This was a lovely episode. Enjoyed it.

[@DesiReturn]

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[@mindguru22]

Ranjani is very lucid and articulate in her experiences and she has a very profound way of assessing things. I have also done a similar moves she has done and have found her analysis very deep and at the same time very practical. Not many can do the analysis way she does. Great to have her on your show.

[@DesiReturn]

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[@UdaalPorga]

I listened to this interview, downloaded Ranjani's book "No Longer NRI" and finished reading it all within the same day. Truly enjoyed her thought process, articulateness and quiet confidence. The book also gives a sense of what to expect after moving back

[@DesiReturn]

That’s great. Thanks for sharing your experience

[@tanvigawde1612]

Very insightful interview! Amazing lady! I feel her optimism in her spirit!

[@DesiReturn]

Thanks a lot for watching and sharing your thoughts. Indeed Ranjani is a great person

[@vvmanimadhuri]

That's a great show for all viewers. Thanks for Dr. Ranjani Rao for sharing her views and her experience

[@DesiReturn]

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[@Razdanvinodk]

Discourse was , in a word, excellent! Language of both the people was wonderful and meticulous! Both have golden voices, loved the video 👏👏👏🙌

[@DesiReturn]

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[@ideaon1]

Great show Avinash. More power to your channel Desi Return.

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[@Razdanvinodk]

Decisions like that need to evaluate options,weigh the pros and cons , and make a well - informed choice , but in a timely manner! Lady could do that! Kudos to her 👏👏👏🙌

[@DesiReturn]

Yes. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

[@aravindakondap748]

Good show.helpful for people who want to return back India.

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[@vijayarondla2271]

I enjoyed this episode very much !

[@DesiReturn]

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[@seeta5409]

Interesting to hear about the various reasons that encouraged people to move back to India and how each person went about it.

[@DesiReturn]

Yes. Exactly every ones situation is slightly different different and unique based on their circumstances. Thanks for watching

[@anusastri9845]

The best so far🙏

[@DesiReturn]

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[@abhijitguha494]

technology is same whether in US or Dubai or Singapore or India. One gets connectivity everywhere.

[@DesiReturn]

Thanks for watching. True it's more a globalized and get things done from anywhere

[@pujasony]

Liked the conversation. Honest view!!

[@DesiReturn]

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[@SJND20]

Ranjani already had her Greencard before going back to India. Currently with the priority date being stuck in 2012 and moving at the pace of few days every month... the current generation of Indians with little kids are unable to make this choice since it is not a two way door decision anymore.

[@seeta5409]

I believe that having to surrender Green cards for moving to India was not even considered to be a difficult decision during those years because it was quite easy to get them. We moved back to India in 1999 and that did not bother us at all neither did it bother some of our friends who made the same decision. We had no intention of moving back to the US, so it didn't matter. However, my children also decided to go to college in the US after completing their entire schooling in India.

[@LuckyBombay]

Well if she never received her citizenship then her GC would have expired by now … you cant be out of usa for more than 6 months.. the gc gets cancelled

[@jimsen7069]

@@seeta5409: If someone has enough money, it doesn’t matter where do you live. You don’t care about GC, PR or nationality.

[@sathyaprabharani7610]

Very good discussion

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[@sahithikolichala8359]

such a good conversation ...

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[@princeofheaven19]

I love Mumbai , great place to live

[@DesiReturn]

Nice

[@pratibhamallick8257]

Great show👍

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[@matthewrock1467]

Highly educated woman , no doubt.

[@DesiReturn]

Yes for sure. Thanks for watching

[@wasimrajakhan2010]

Since the lady has spent her 20s in the US that is why she is very confident about her move and attitude in life. You cannot compare your life with a woman who has spent her life in India. She may not be that confident as this lady is.

[@DesiReturn]

Thanks for watching. Everyone's situation is different and how they see things.

[@joshishiv1848]

yes good

[@DesiReturn]

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[@samagopa3895]

Good suggestions! Well said! A primary person in every home is their wife. If wife happy life is happy! Further no wife would go to back.

[@DesiReturn]

Well said. Not sure about no wife would want to go back. I know in few families it's wife who wants to move back

[@samagopa3895]

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[@sushmas8055]

it is really helpful these kind of stories, I have 1 question when kids born in US but study from 1st grade in India, what will be there citizen Status - will it be NRI, what kins of fee structure for those kids, will it be NRI Fee structure, like double the fees than citizens

[@DesiReturn]

Thank you. The citizenship doesn’t change if kid studied from 1st grade and fees are based on citizenship at college level. There is something when they become 18, they can decide ( look into that)

[@FriendOfYou1000]

Footpaths are not walkable. Some shops occupy, some broken , some parked with vehicles. Houses are too small and expensive to buy big homes. So my parents don't have space to walk in home, nor out on footpaths.

[@amritamuttoo6397]

Education in India is far superior.Why Indians are most sought after in the US.

[@DesiReturn]

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[@WORLDCITIZEN2004]

US education is better because it teaches students to think rather than just memorize. I feel we need both the US and Indian education systems.

[@DesiReturn]

@@WORLDCITIZEN2004 True why not best of both worlds

[@msdadsfsx]

Harvard and MIT nothing?

[@nuranichandra2177]

All said and done, parents force the move to India for any number of reasons and the kids are left with no choice. Eventually they will migrate back to the US no matter how great life is in India.

[@DesiReturn]

Probably. Kids want to study or work sometime abroad which will help to broaden their perspective/experience and they will choose what's right for them

[@venkylaba5274]

Yes that is also typically happens and happened in our case. With both children moving back to US for college and jobs. Eventually we don’t want to recreate the situation we were in with my parent when they lived in India.

[@Punch8721]

I think that a Green Card holder can live outside the US for a maximum of 2 years. Beyond that the US would consider that you have abandoned your Green Card status.

[@RandomNiche3679]

Yes, its 2 years if you inform them before hand and give your fingerprints before leaving US. If not, its only 180 days, and they have allow you to break one 180 day rule.

[@princeofheaven19]

2 years if you file Reentry permit

[@abhayapte7226]

H1B returnee........

[@DesiReturn]

??

[@dlaneesh]

Thanks for your show. However why the thumbnail is TajMahal when it comes to India ?

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Thanks for watching and sharing your feedback. We use different icons in our thumbnails...

[@pchicago8691]

we need money no matter in which country you are in...

[@DesiReturn]

Agree

[@sosammathomas1525]

Is she a citizen of the USA.

[@DesiReturn]

Not sure.

[@arpangarg3359]

Cost of living is increasing day by day even there are lakhs of homeless people in USA

[@drury2d8]

Indian work ethics are poor, in general. Manager appeasement is necessary for promotions. The work environment is toxic and micro-managers are all around.

[@DesiReturn]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts

[@amritamuttoo6397]

Its the same in all countries.

[@ashishvlogs7680]

Nope, western countries has much better work culture and worklife balance

[@samagopa3895]

One thing is for sure.. at one point Forget NRI kids... they will never come back to their own parents, forget their own country, language, grand parents, relatives etc.. say good bye to them after they are 18.

[@arivolielampirai2882]

Yes. So we are the cursed generations of people who didn't get to live with Parents and won't live with kids also... Will die alone....

[@DesiReturn]

Why to die alone and once kids leave spend time in India or US with family/friends. We can't control how others would behave/react but can control how we react to situation and adopt

[@samagopa3895]

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[@user-dz2dc4qf1w]

Not True I live in Canada 🇨🇦 and see many people with their parents even though they are on supervisa , we need to make sacrifices. But its possible

[@samagopa3895]

@@user-dz2dc4qf1w your parents are lucky, but most of the parents who are in India are Not. Parents in India are trying their best to live on their own. Living in US in cold and open jail is like a punishment.. they get depressed in couple of weeks. There is no social life here.

[@sg-hl8eg]

Jr. karan johar please respect while calling your guests 😂

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[@samagopa3895]

True, may be he is Chota Karan

[@user-dz2dc4qf1w]

He is brilliant host

[@arpangarg3359]

Only China can challenge hedgemony of USA