Why Indians move abroad - TO GAIN A MOMENTUM

Isn’t it true that even Swami Vivekananda was not recognized as a national hero until his Chicago conference? His glorious thoughts and visions reached a larger crowds only after he uttered the words “Sisters and brothers of America ...," in Chicago by 1893.  The twenty long years that Gandhi lived in South Africa, is the foundation for all his political ideologies and the philosophies.

Independent India’s first Prime Minister - Jawaharlal Nehru, the man who laid down the framework of the Indian constitution - Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Impeccable leader - Netaji Subash Chandra Bose,.. Haven’t all these Indian luminaries have studied abroad?

Didn’t Ratan Tata and Anil Dhirubhai Ambani studied and practiced their business abroad, before they come back to make a huge difference in India?.  I can go on writing.. The list will go really big; even in the modern times, legends like Dr. Manmohan Singh and Raghuram Rajan have returned to after seeing their accomplishments elsewhere in the world.

If even these geniuses need a stint aboard to learn, practice and gain their momentum & recognition, what are the chances of tiny mediocre brains like me encompass, in getting discovered among the huge competitive crowd in India! In today’s scenario in India, no job gives you the freedom to experiment / try-out new things; we can’t afford to make even a single mistake, even if it’s during the process of learning. Most of the times, we are allowed to “just do what is said or asked”.

For many of us, the spell in a foreign country certainly give an opportunity to learn, experiment things, and ultimately to gain the confidence, momentum and recognition in our respective career. I completely agree that the real worthy brains will get recognized wherever it is... But, no one can deny the “probability of success rate” among 1.3 billion populations.

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