The recent announcement by former President Donald Trump to impose additional fees on H1B visas has reignited a debate over the role of Indian tech talent in the United States and the prospects for those considering a return to India.

In a thought-provoking LinkedIn post, Sandipan Roy, who spent nearly three decades as an immigrant in the US, challenged a common perception among Indian professionals. “Let me burst this arrogant ‘US tech exists because of Indians and they could replicate that in India’ delusion,” Roy wrote. Using a vivid analogy, he compared talent and ecosystem to a chicken: sold raw at a poultry farm for X, marinated and sold in a supermarket for 3X, and finally cooked as biryani for 6X. Advertisement

Roy explained, “It would be a delusion to think it went from X to 6X

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