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I came to the United States as a graduate student, from India, in 1987. I completed a Ph. D. in 1992, and took up an academic position. I had always wanted to return to India, like so many others back then. I made an attempt to return to India: I spent a sabbatical 6-month visit at an Indian academic campus in 1996. I enjoyed the visit, but I figured a return to Indian industry would be, materially speaking, a more comfortable option. That is how I made a transition to an industry position in the U.S.. A return to India has gotten complicated by foreseen and unforeseen factors.

But, as R. K. Narayan once wrote, you can take an Indian away from India, but you can't take India away from the Indian. So, thoughts of India remain unextinguished in my mind. I wanted to write this, both as a way of recording those thoughts, and of engaging in a dialogue with people with a similar obsession.