The reverse brain drain

This is nothing unique to India btw. Check out all over east Africa for example of people who've done well in first world countries or just moderately well but have drive and ambition to start something back home. Common tale to hear about the merchant living lower middle class in USA but something of a legend and well off in north Kenyan cities trading and selling different wares, providing money transfer services, or mobile banking. Many gradually move their entire families over to Africa, even though the kids have lived their whole lives as Anericans. Interesting cultural and generational frictions flare up often.

<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/07/world/asia/07iht-letter07.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/07/world/asia/07iht-letter07....</a><p>This article is an apt read here; but in a little different context. The article talks about Indians fighting against real India which is undeniable, but the flip side is that this is the same fight which is enabling people in India to work the way they want. Sans the economic liberation, if development was left in the hand of Govt. (a job well done in China), we would not be seeing this spur. If that little percentage of Indians were not fighting against the real India to create their own work, India would not be where it is today. I am not trying to claim any top spot and I know that almost nothing has been done till now, but the improvements cannot be ignored. Talk about the IT companies; irrespective of the quality of work they do, they have definitely achieved something (USD6-10 billion in revenue) which looked impossible few years back, and when you see them operating you will find that they have hardly anything to do with the Govt. support, they manage their infra from tip to toe and sometimes they contribute to the surrounding infra too.

India is definitely a country to watch. With China's one-child-per-family rule, it could very well be India that becomes the new super power in the next 20-50 years...

The headline posted here is way more ambiguous than the BBC article's headline. Am I right in thinking this is against HN etiquette?

I would be nice to survey these returnees for their satisfaction levels after 10 years or so. Theoretically speaking, given India's growth rate, you'd assume that people will grow rich faster than if they had stayed back in US. It would be interesting to see how many actually did.

The American Dream had too many barriers to entry.

its a "brain re-fill" you dumbo, not "reverse brain drain"

Over 7000 Indians die of hunger every day. <a href="http://www.bhookh.com/hunger_facts.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.bhookh.com/hunger_facts.php</a>

India is developing since you can exploit Indians via caste system. <a href="http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/may/03touch.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/may/03touch.htm</a><p>China is developing since you can exploit Chinese by abusing human rights. <a href="http://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-tech-apple-workers-forced-to-sign-no-suicide-pledge/20110504.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-tech-...</a><p>Americans are suffering since US regime is letting Chindia exploit their people via outsourcing.