Indians head home in 'brain gain'

aug 29th, 2006

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Indians head home in 'brain gain'

By John Sudworth BBC News, Delhi

For much of the last century India suffered a "brain drain". Generations of Indians set off in search of a better life in other countries. Today, an estimated 25 million people of Indian origin live overseas. But could the tide be turning?

 

"My dad was against me moving back to India," Manish Amin tells me in his new flat in Delhi where he lives with his wife and two sons.

 

Three decades ago Manish's parents moved from India to the UK. He has just moved back.

 

"My dad's idea was that everyone wants to get away from India", Manish says. "But now he's seen the big high rise flats, the big shopping malls, even he's amazed. You get Marks and Spencer, Debenhams, everything's here now."

 

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Published: 2006/08/27 12:41:26 GMT

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