NRIs are often envied for their prosperity and riches. NRIs holds a special status in all walks of the Indian life. NRIs are considered as very successful among Indian society, regardless of how they make their living in the foreign land. In Europe or America or any other developed country, there are lots of Indian doctors and engineers. They make a good living, they enjoy the middle class or upper middle class life, many have big houses and all the other amenities.
But, there is no special stature of these successful group of people. The locals consider them as outsiders. These well behaved and well educated Indians are sometimes considered as the cause of higher unemployment and often blamed for stealing the jobs form the locals. The situation is even worse for those who make their living by driving taxies or by doing average jobs.
NRIs often have a complete role reversal in their adopted countries, when compared to their perceived status back home in India. The NRIs, especially the first generation NRIs have sacrificed a lot to succeed in the foreign country, including their pride, social stature and their social identity.
The hurdles and challenges that a new comer’s faces are way too many. They often lose their language, their own way of life is compromised and end up adapting to the foreign lifestyle. The whole adaptation happens so slowly, that NRIs don’t even realize the slow self-change in many cases.
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By Premji
