Desi Return Diaries

Dr. Murali has more than 20 years of experience with senior care, senior living , and helping builders with senior housing. He talks about different facilities available for seniors in India, facts about senior living, process of selecting a community and cost of senior living. 

Amarmeet spent 3 years in the UK and 10 years in Canada before deciding to move back to India. But after a year, the family decided to move back to Canada and have been living in Canada for 14 years. Amarmet talks about his background, life in Canada and the reason to move to India. He talks about why his move was not successful and the reasons to move back to Canada. Even though it’s not a successful move back to India, we can gain a lot from the insights from Amarmeet. 

Ashish went to the US for his MS spent close to 10 years before moving to India. After the move, his family stayed in India for 10 years before going again to the US and is currently staying in the US for 3 years. Ashish talks about his background, good career in US, reasons to move to India, life in India after the move, how he built his business in India, why they left to US again, would he re do this if he has to move to India and much more. Very insightful conversation.

Dr. Alice went to the US in 1997 and after spending 27 years in the US, they decided to retire in India in 2024. Dr. Alice talked about her background, life in the US,  why the decision to move to India and timing the move. Alice also talks about life in the retirement community, healthcare US vs India,  financial planning at retirement and advice for future aspirants.

Chirag went to the US for MS 2014 and returned to India in 2024. How going to the US opened up his life, career and his passion towards data science. He talks about his MS, career in the US and what made him move back to India. He described career opportunities in India vs US for Data scientists and his future plans.

Meenal spent close to 13 years in the UK before deciding to move to India. Meenal took a sabbatical to try living in India with her kids while spouse is still living in the UK. Meenal talks about her background, why they thought of moving to India, how they came to the pragmatic approach of the  move, how middle school kids adjusted, tips on adjustment , cost of living and financial planning and many other topics. Very informative session.

Mr. Mausam has over 15 years of experience in educational ventures and is passionate about expanding meaningful education globally. In this insightful conversation, We discussed different curriculums available in India, the importance of choosing the right education board, the evolution of modern learning techniques, evaluating schools and much more that can benefit returning families and their children. Please listen to this to make sure you are making the right choice for your kids' school when returning to India. 

Damneet went to Ireland in 2019 for a career opportunity and after spending 4 years, he moved back to India. He is a CA by profession. Damneet talks about his reasons to move to Ireland, work and social life in Ireland. He talks about reasons to move to India, timing of the move and advice to future aspirants. 

Naveen started his career in IT and then went into sales and worked in different roles at Amazon and Google. Naveen and his wife Himabindu spent 8 years abroad from 2016 to 2024 before returning to India. He lived in Europe and America and returned to India with financial independence. Naveen talks about life in Luxembourg, US and how they planned the move to India as well as how to be prepared for financial independence. 

Shivam went to the US for his MS in 2016 and after completing his MS he worked for a few years in the supply chain before moving to India in 2021. Shivam worked in Supply Chain for 5 years in India before moving to the US. He talks about opportunities in supply chain in US vs India, as well as career growth opportunities in supply chain. He also talks about his entrepreneur journey and opportunities in India.