Skilled Immigrants Leaving the U.S. - A Vivek Wadhwa Article

Here’s a report of how skilled immigrants are leaving the US for better opportunities and better quality of life. It is a well written report that covers almost all points. And some of the numbers are amazing -  “Despite the fact that they constitute only 12% of the U.S. population, immigrants have started 52% of […]

R2I - No FRO/FRRO registration maybe required for kids under 16 yrs of age

Since writing the first post of our FRO/FRRO experiences after returning to India, I haven’t written anything at all on the topic and neither have I answered any of the queries in the comments. The reason is that I hadn’t done anything at all about the whole FRO/FRRO business since that day in Jun of […]

Dr. Arvind Shenoi, our pediatrician

A few months ago, I had written a post asking readers to refer good pediatricians practicing in Bangalore. And there were many responses, thanks to all you folks who referred the peds you liked. Since then, I have had many questions from other readers about whom I had chosen and what my experiences were. For […]

R2I - 1 Year later - Part 2

3 months ago I wrote the part 1 of how things were after a year of R2Iing. And here’s the 2nd part, a “tad” late.

Politicians: The thing about them, I realise is that they are all the same; culture, nationality, race, nothing seems to matter. Before going off to the US, I […]

R2I - 1 Year and counting (Part 1)

Yes folks, it has been a year since we returned. We flew into Bangalore in the early hrs of Oct 8th 2006. And there is only one word to describe how I feel after a year - bittersweet!

6 months ago I said that I miss the roads, sidewalks, libraries, parks, and doctors. I still miss […]