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Former NRI Explains Return to India After 13 Years
Pankhuri and her family lived in the United States for 13 years.
They moved back to India in 2023.
She said they had friends and a strong community in the United States.
However, she felt that something important was missing.
She wanted to live closer to her aging parents instead of seeing them mainly through video calls.
She and her husband also thought their children should grow up closer to family and friends.
Both parents worked from morning until night and felt very tired.
They also had to plan parts of their lives around visas and immigration rules.
Pankhuri said their priorities had changed and that starting a new life in India was challenging.
Pankhuri and her family returned to India from the United States in 2023 after 13 years abroad.
She said the move was not caused by visa trouble, loneliness, or a lack of friends in the United States.
Pankhuri wanted a stronger sense of cultural belonging and closer contact with her aging parents.
The couple reconsidered the childhood and extended-family relationships they wanted for their children.
Long workdays, the need for domestic help, and repeated immigration planning added to the family’s pressure.
- Who
- Pankhuri, her husband, and their children.
- What
- The family moved from the United States back to India after 13 years abroad.
- Where
- From the United States to India; Pankhuri is now based in Indore.
- When
- They returned in 2023.
- Why
- They wanted greater cultural belonging, more time with aging parents, a preferred childhood for their children, domestic help, and relief from demanding work and immigration-related planning.
Key facts
- Time in United States
- 13 years
- Return year
- 2023
- Current base
- Indore, India
- Visa situation
- Pankhuri said the family did not face visa troubles.
- Community in United States
- She said they had a strong community and circle of friends there.
- Work schedule
- She said she and her husband worked from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day.
- Immigration pressure
- Visa appointments, restrictions, and procedures influenced how the family planned its life.
Quotes
Pankhuri
Former NRI who returned to India and now lives in Indore
“We literally had to plan everything around our visa appointments, the restrictions. Doing it over and over again, we felt like it's really the immigration policies and procedures that are kind of controlling our lives.”
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“The third reason was our kids. We started thinking about what kind of childhood we really want to give them and what kind of relationships we want them to have with our family and friends.”
NDTV
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