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Diaspora: The feeling of being neither here nor there, solved!

Is the Indian diaspora really confused about their identity? We often used ABCD (American born confused desi) for an Indian who grew up in America—and I challenge that. I really don’t think they are confused. The really confused person is an NRI, someone like me— who grew up in India and then moved to live in America. 

Why NRIs stick through boring jobs

I was unhappy in my first job. It was with a small ERP firm, in Atlanta. The gratitude & relief of getting the H1B Visa slowly turned into boredom— conversations like “the accounting flag is unchecked in the package processing flow”, felt meaningless to a data girl like me.  Once, inside the cave-like cubicle at […]

Why I Was Scared to Leave My Google Job

I did an internal transfer with Google when i moved from USA to India. I didn't have the courage to leave Google. Here's a funny take on why.

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Dating Process for Single NRI Men Sucks & What to Do About It

The mental health of single NRI men in the context of NRI dating, needs to be talked about and how they get affected by their environment & what people say. I talk about challenges & coping strategies & what NRI men (applies to NRI women too) can do for themselves.

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4 Lessons I Learnt On Writing a Book

Here are 4 lessons I learnt after writing a book:

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Diaspora: The feeling of being neither here or there, solved!

Is the Indian diaspora really confused about their identity? We often used ABCD (American born confused desi) for an Indian who grew up in America—and I challenge that. I really don’t think they are confused. The really confused person is an NRI, someone like me— who grew up in India and then moved to live in America. 

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4 Things Corporates Can Do For The Mental Health of Immigrants

What corporates can do for immigrants in the US

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7 Regrets ex-NRIs Have About Their Life Abroad

I took a survey of NRIs who have moved to India, about their regrets on things they could have done abroad and they didn’t— “If you were to return back abroad, what would you do differently?”. This is what they said.

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Are you an NRI afraid of working in India?

Here’s what I’ve discovered after working with 1000’s of NRIs- NRIs at FAANG companies, get comfortable with a speak-your-mind culture (“I can challenge my boss, as long as I back it up with data”) and with point blank professional questions (“What’s the update?”).  So, NRIs sit back and relax and say whatever they want in […]

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Being a Single Indian Female at 40

I never thought I would be single at 40. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. When I was 24, I had a 32 yr old friend who was getting married. Looking up from the age of 24, 32 seemed incredibly late to be married. How scary, I thought. A common friend comforted me “Don’t […]