The urge to return

The “return to India” movement seems to be gaining momentum. At least, that is what social media is buzzing about. A post by Nupur Dave, a young Google engineer, on why and how she decided to leave a “happening life” in California for good went viral on LinkedIn. It got more than 24,000 likes and around 3,350 comments, with several of them welcoming her back. “What is the one thing you will regret when you’re 50, and settled in Fremont, California, with a minivan and a child with an American accent,” Dave, who is now in Bengaluru, asked herself. The answer was always the same: “I will regret that I didn’t go back to India.”