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Desi Return Diaries

Welcome to ”DesiReturn Diaries: Embracing Home Again,” the podcast that shares personal journeys and expert insights on returning to India. I’m here to guide and inspire you as you embark on your own DesiReturn journey. Each episode, we’ll dive into the heartfelt stories of individuals who have chosen to come back to India after living abroad. From the challenges of adjusting to a new culture to the joys of rediscovering their roots, these personal narratives will resonate with anyone longing to

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47:03

Life in Canada for 16 years, challenges and factors...

Desi Return Diaries ·

2024/03/28

Abhishek went to Canada for his phd and has been living in Canada for 16 years. Abhishek is planning to move to India in a couple of months. In this episode, Abhishek talks about realities, challenges of migrants in Canada, reasons to move back and how he improved his health as well as advice to future returnees.

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43:30

Story of a successful career woman’s journey to Asia...

Desi Return Diaries ·

2024/03/21

Ananya went to the US for her undergrad in 2008. After living in the US for 14 years, she was feeling burnout and decided to move to India for her kid who needs special attention. Currently she is living in Japan. In this episode, we talk about healthcare in India vs US, career transition, logistics of the move, schooling system in India and many more.

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35:08

Story of a family who have been living in India tier2...

Desi Return Diaries ·

2024/03/14

Preeti grew up in a big joint family, worked for a few months in India before going to the US. After spending 10 years in the US, she decided to move back to Udaipur, India for good due to health reasons. She has been living in India for 5 years in a Tier 2 city. In this episode she covers reasons to move back, how they plan the relocation, career transition, health improvement, life in tier2 city and kids adjustment etc.,

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40:28

What to plan financially when moving back to India...

Desi Return Diaries ·

2024/03/09

In this expert advice episode, we have a Q&A session with Dr. Chandrakanth Bhat on various topics related to financial planning for people who are living abroad and planning to return to India. Lots of information on commonly asked questions.

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23:45

Why he moved back to India for good from Canada | NRI

Desi Return Diaries ·

2024/03/07

Manish went to Canada for his education when he was 19 but after spending 2 years in Canada he has decided to return to India. He wants to take his e-commerce business full time, which he started while living in Canada. Manish talks about building a business in India, life in India after the move and his advice to people who are considering going abroad.

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46:46

What went wrong with a Health Care Professional’s...

Desi Return Diaries ·

2024/02/29

Deva went to Ireland in 2006 as a healthcare professional, spent 12 years before deciding to return to his home town in India. After spending about 1 year in India, the family decided to return back to Ireland as it was not the right move for them. Deva talks about the reasons for unsuccessful relocation, his business in India, life in Ireland, family, kids adjustment and much more.

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39:52

Global Citizens Retirement Plans after living for...

Desi Return Diaries ·

2024/02/22

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

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46:13

Global Citizens Living in US for More Than 20 years...

Desi Return Diaries ·

2024/02/22

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

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40:33

Young IT professional’s reasons to go abroad, spend 3...

Desi Return Diaries ·

2024/02/15

Gagan worked in India for 3 years before moving to Ireland for MS and worked there for 4 years before deciding to return to India. Gagan talks about his life in India before deciding to go abroad, life there and his work life balance after returning to India.

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47:41

Global Citizens Living in US for More Than 20 years...

Desi Return Diaries ·

2024/02/15

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 detailsTopics 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

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39:10

Candid Conversation of Family’s Life Abroad and...

Desi Return Diaries ·

2024/02/01

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

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38:59

Journey of working family, mom of 2 kids,...

Desi Return Diaries ·

2024/01/25

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.

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38:51

Story of an IT family who went to US for onsite,...

Desi Return Diaries ·

2024/01/18

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.

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40:10

Ex-googler, Author and NRI Counsellor’s Candid...

Desi Return Diaries ·

2024/01/11

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

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35:44

Story of an IT family who lived in US for 20 Years...

Desi Return Diaries ·

2024/01/04

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.,

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27:44

From India to UK for MBA and Back to India for Family...

Desi Return Diaries ·

2023/12/28

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.

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33:34

From Living in USA for 14 years to India : A Single...

Desi Return Diaries ·

2023/12/21

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.

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34:08

From Living in the US and UK for more than a decade...

Desi Return Diaries ·

2023/12/07

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.

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31:54

From Aussie NRI Life to Indian Startup Skippi Ice Pops

Desi Return Diaries ·

2023/11/30

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

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37:35

Sabbatical Chronicles: Professor Abhishek’s Startup...

Desi Return Diaries ·

2023/11/16

Abhishek, who is professor at The Ohio State University spent 14 years in the US and is currently spending his sabbatical leave in India to build his startup. Abhishek shares his insights into building his startup in India, logistics of the actual move, kids school, family life in India. He provides his insights on different school curriculums for kids who are moving from abroad. Here’s some of the topics we covered: Background Insights into building startup in India Ease of starting startup in

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