kabhi Main sochta Hoon (Some times I think)

After spending around a year in US We are going back to Hyderabad in India from where we came. Although I belonged to North India and for last 4-5 years I have been living in Hyderabad and kind of start liking it. I took this decision of going back to India almost 3-4 months back when the company I am currently contracting with open development center in Hyderabad. It’s a big bank in US and it’s their first offshore center.

And since then one question is always going thru my mind is that IS IT A WISE Decision. If I think money wise it may be not. In contracting as an IT consultant I am making around 80-90K in US and compared to that my India salary will be much less. If I do another comparison for saving I would be able to do in India still US scores higher. My calculations say I may be able to save 60-70% of US saving in India.

So my mind immediately says that Mr. Sudhir Singh (my name) you are wrong. Stay in US and make more money. Send money to India, buy property in India and enjoy life in US. Which I think most of the NRI living in US are doing? It’s not a bad thing anyway.

But then I again go back in time think why I took this decision to accept offer to work in Hyderabad.

- Since it’s a new center I will be having more responsibilities.

- I can get good recognition in the company as I will be first few employees to join

- I can be close to my parents who are getting old day-by-day and may need any emergency help

- I will be making good money which is more than enough to live a good life in India.

And then I console myself that probably its good decision. I am sure these thoughts are not going to leave me so easily and even I may be thinking about pros and cons of my decision after reaching India. But at the same time I am sure that I would never regret my decision as one thing is very clear to me that US means Money and nothing else for me. No offense to the peoples who came to US from India and called US as their second home, I feel like outsider here. May be this feeling would go away after staying longer here. It’s just one week left in move I will be busy working on other thing and this thought might go away for sometime. :)