How To Move To India

How To Move To India

Author:

Gurudev Shyamsundar

Publisher:

Clever Fox Publishing

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Publisher

Clever Fox Publishing
Publication Year 2023
ISBN-13

9789356485143
ISBN-10 9356485143
Binding

Paperback
Number of Pages 222 Pages
Language (English)

Why are so many Americans looking to retire abroad? Why do Indian Americans harbor thoughts of moving back to India? What are the advantages of moving to India? Can an Indian American transition successfully to a life in India and what are the pitfalls? How does one go about planning for the move? What are the problems one can anticipate during the move? Once you move, how do you settle down in India? If you are thinking of moving to India, read on to get the answer to all your questions. This book is primarily intended for people of Indian origin who have worked in the US or some other Western country and are thinking about returning to India. That should not preclude a non-Indian from reading this to get an understanding of certain aspects of life in India and the culture of the people there. There are many people who are not of Indian origin who have lived in India for an extended period successfully. In addition to details of planning and the process of moving and settling down in India, this book delves into the differences between life in the West and life in India and how to adapt after moving to India. At the end of each chapter in this book are sections called “My Story” that describe my life and experiences as an immigrant in the US over the last thirty-five years. This is so that the readers can get an idea of what life in the US is like and how it contrasts with life in India. Indian readers who aspire to go to the US may find these sections interesting as they may acquaint them with the American way of life and the cultural differences. Non-Indian readers may also find the life of an Indian immigrant somewhat amusing to learn about. I have tried to keep these sections interesting and light by illustrating them with real anecdotes from my life. You can skip these sections if all you are interested in are the technical aspects of how to move to India and what to do when you get there, but many of you may find these sections engaging and useful. This book will help you decide if you should take the plunge and move to India. It discusses the pros and cons of moving to India mostly from the perspective of an Indian American and help you mentally prepare and feel confident that you have made the right decision, whether you decide to move or not. It will help you plan for your move if you do decide to move. It will help you with the process of moving and settling down in India. If you do move, it will help you feel like “a fish thrown into water.". That is what I say to people when asked how I feel after moving to India.

Gurudev Shyamsundar

In early 2020 the pandemic and my mother’s dementia made me introspect about my life in the United States. I had worked for thirty-five years in the US and was now inclined to retire. Caring for my mother had become so burdensome that we wanted to move to India even before the pandemic. Unfortunately, our timing did not work out because the pandemic brought the housing market to a standstill, and we could not sell our house. So, we waited until 2022, sold our house and moved to India. This was the second time we had moved to India after coming to the US as immigrants over thirty-five years ago. We had moved once before in 1991, but that was simply too early, and we were not prepared. This time around we planned diligently and made the move. We have lived in India successfully and happily for one year now. My aspiration as a young man in my twenties was to go to the United States. Right after my engineering degree in Bangalore, I applied to several American universities and was selected by many of them. However, my visa application was rejected so I perforce had to stay back. I then joined the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore and did my master’s in business. However, I was always an engineer at heart. During campus placement, instead of taking a business management job, I joined Tata Unisys as a programmer because I knew that was the fastest path to the land that Ronald Reagan proclaimed as the shining city on the hill. Tata Unisys was a pioneering company that engaged in labor arbitrage for software programmers. Within three months of joining, I was sent to California in September of 1987 to work as a mainframe programmer at Downey Savings Bank for Unisys corporation. I worked as a software engineer, learning new technologies and skills and keeping up with the more agile and tech savvy youngsters until my retirement. Initially I worked as a programmer writing software for banks. My job took me from California to West Virginia where I worked at FedOne Savings and loan and finally to Atlanta GA, where the Unisys headquarters were located. The rest of my stay in the US was in Atlanta GA except for brief stints at Citibank in Chicago and Lloyds in London. I also worked at S1 corp. which later became ACI and was the first company to develop online banking software. The last few years of my career was at the famous Macy’s developing their retail website. During my 35-year career in the US, I remained an engineer at heart. I always kept up with the latest development in technology. I
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