A Reddit post has sparked widespread discussion after a user shared a relative’s experience of returning to India following more than 15 years in the USA and Switzerland . The man, who previously worked as a senior executive at a FAANG company, returned to his hometown — a major non-metro Tier-1 city — earlier this year to be closer to his aging parents. He even managed to retain his position through remote work.

‘Fair competition abroad, but not at home’

While speaking with his relative, the man revealed an overlooked reality that many returning NRIs fail to anticipate — the difference in how wealth and competition function between developed countries and India.

“In the USA, anyone with money mostly got it through largely ‘clean’ ways — business, entrepreneurship, inheritance, jo

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