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NRI Returns to India After 23 Years in US, Citing Family and Safety as Key Reasons
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News18•23-09-2026, 11:45
NRI Returns to India After 23 Years in US, Citing Family and Safety as Key Reasons
- •An Indian man spent 23 years in the US, earning degrees, establishing a career in pharmaceuticals, and starting his own successful business after obtaining US citizenship.
- •His father's death and his mother's increasing age, coupled with her caregiving responsibilities for her elderly mother and dog, became the primary motivation for his return to India.
- •He initially returned to India in 2018 and again in 2020, finding a sense of safety and connection in Mumbai, which solidified his decision to move back permanently.
- •In 2022, he resigned from his US job, sold his company, and in 2023, sold his Pennsylvania home to relocate to Mumbai, where he now does consulting work and reconnected with childhood friends.
- •Despite missing aspects of his American life, he values the comfort of family, home-cooked food, and unconditional love, which he finds more meaningful than his previous lifestyle.
Key Questions Answered
The NRI decided to move back to India primarily to support his aging mother after his father passed away from cancer at age 70. His mother was left alone to care for her 12-year-old dog and her 90-year-old mother, which motivated him to leave his established life in America.
He moved to the US at age 15, earned bachelor's and master's degrees in biomedical engineering in New York City, worked in the pharmaceutical industry on an H-1B visa, and eventually started his own successful business.
After feeling increasingly connected to India during visits in 2018 and 2020, he returned to the US in 2022 to resign from his pharma job and sell his company. In 2023, he sold his Pennsylvania home and permanently relocated to Mumbai.
