Indians are now going abroad with a return ticket

China & India sure have bigger opportunities compared with West. That would surely lure few emigrants to come back to their home country after a stint abroad. However, those who return, usually face challenges much bigger than they anticipated. Many spend few hugely frustating years before they choose to go back... due to reasons including family pressure (more from kids)and inability to adjust to currupt bureaucracy and bureaucratic systems. I feel that such trend will be insignificant and would continue to remain so in time to come.

Corruption ! Corruption!! &, Corruption !!! at every step in India. Hypocratic politicians, &, extremely tolerant public. My India Is Great !!!

The fire against corruption has been lit. This is good and long overdue. But we must not loose track of the main issue . We must acknowledge to many of our faults first .How has all this corruption first of all come from? We must firstly address the education and family systems of upbringing. Is there any fault here. Then we must look seriously at our education and learning requirements and what is the flaw. Lastly we must all stand up for our rights and also our responsibilities .We all make a nation. It is we that must change to change the nation. At the present rate it will not be long before we also have to read / hear not against but for corruption.
Let as all awake and raise over this curse--this sickness,that is threatening to cloud --knowingly and also unknowingly every single one of us. All i can say is for those comimg back ,if they have solutions to address this then only please come --other wise it is better to stay put.

at present, our country is at the mercy of God. "RAM BHAROSE HINDUSTAN'.
I am sure we will not be able to improve ourself even for the next 500 years , irrespective our boasting of emerging India. 'Emerging India" is for the Marketing of products and it is for other nations- they see the potential of highest number of consumers for their product.
unless there is a micacle(which is not possible), we will not level up with the developed country because of our current chaos and all evils in the country.

Dear sir,

you have forgotten or missed the most important issue which makes any indian to return and start business here is CORRUPTION. Yes you may see people in Gujarat / Hyderabad/ Kerala/ or TN, returning, but in other states the basics are not available. PArticularly in M'tra. In the 21st century, No regular power is available. Frequent Power cuts and one of the most corrupt auth. in power, sends shivers down the spine to think of coming back. More particularly if you have a good job, particularly in US, it is still not worth it.
I have seen it first hand by a visit to US.
Thanks, we can afford the sometimes loneliness / miss the mother's hand made tasty dishes, but to have a merit based good life. US IS MUCH MORE BETTER.
The oppn. of the congress of not including the PM in LOkpal bill is the glaring example that says that definetly the PM is either corrupt or is surrounded by persons, who will not allow him to say or work an inch. Pity the intelligent sardar.
Thanks
Damani

The greatest challange faced by an Indian returning from the West is to reconcile to the corruption and hassels faced in day to day living. The 'fixing' that is required to get the simplest of things done like getting connected by the utilities, electricity, water; paying taxes, getting a sales tax registration, complying with the various trade laws in each State etc etc. The issues related to banking finance, skill sets available, attitude of Indian workers have generally been discounted by the returning Indian. Its always the hassels of the small things in day to day life that upsets them as the one thing ESSENTIAL FOR LIVING IN INDIA IS PATIENCE and that is one thing they have lost touch of while living in the West.
THEREFORE we have to take steps to smoothen the simple processes and connect the last mile of the utilities efficiently and without the corruption prevelent today.THESE RETURNING INDIANS WILL INDEEED ENRICH THE INTELECTUAL CAPITAL OF OUR COUNTRY WE MUST WELCOME THEM.
QED

My age is 56. In my school age, I was used to hear about brain drain specially during naxal movement in seventies. That time too it was also a political issue. Same is still prevailing. Only change i noticed that economy in developed countries got saturated specially due to people high average age, resulting them to depend on new generation from developing countries and market shrinking. Our trading attitude do not allow to develop ourselves in every arena. Even we claim lot of development. But if we see we find that we had purchased some high technology from other country, not invested in developing high technology in our country. That is because of short cut to development. Where I believe China's approach is to be fantastic in development. Indian policy never recognizes intellectual property of own country because of vote bank. Now it is changing through privatization process too some extent.

Its not only the BPL (below poverty line)people who face the brunt of price hikes but also the MIG's (middle income groups). The HIG's (high income groups) and the
HNI's (high networth individuals) continue to enjoy their luxuries. The MIG's are unfortunately left hanging like the fulcrum of a clock swaying to the tune of the policy makers/our ball breakers, while our desh's THE MONEY sits in foreign banks across the globe.

I do agree with the write up. India has got huge potential to develop and grow. Eventhough the recent scams and scandels had tarnished the image of India, these sort of things are happening in other countries as well. Being a democratic country we brought it to light and the investigation is on.

However, the issues like infrastructure, the delay and redtape in getting the licences, and moreover civic sense of citizens to be improved.

So far our babus & netas have done only lip service and also do a lot of window dressing. Once the guys are roped in they come for their share of pie. This has led to lot disillusionment among those who have come back with high hopes. Frankly our netas do not have political will to do what they say and they are after only the vote bank business. If look at the power sector, till date what has happened? Similarly with national highways! Why the best example is the Jan Lokpal Bill itself. Lot is left to anyones imagination. We are only a dreaming nation. Currently what ever is happening in Indian economy is by default and not by the deeds of any political parties. We are a country of huge population and what we produce is not enough for our own consumption and hence all these growth rate.