This isn’t a tale of poverty. This isn’t about the underprivileged.
This is about the so-called privileged — engineers, doctors, MBAs, and techies who had every advantage. And yet, 80% of my batchmates packed their bags for the US, UK, or Europe.
The 20% who stayed back? They’re stuck in the indian grind: endless EMIs, sky-high school fees, and a constant hustle for stability.
If even the “best-positioned” indians feel suffocated here, what chance do the rest have?
1. ✈️ The airport Is India’s Real success Symbol
Let’s be honest: every indian success story has a departure terminal.
• MNC job → onsite posting
• Startup exit → move to Silicon Valley
• PhD dream → europe or the UK
Those who stay? They spend their lives chasing stability that never comes.
2. 💰 Abroad: Financial Freedom. India: Financial Prison.
Abroad: 15 years of work, early retirement, mortgage cleared, passive income.
India: 30 years of EMIs, half your salary gone to school fees, the rest eaten by inflation.
Even for the privileged, india is a financial treadmill that never stops.
3. 🎭 Privilege Doesn’t Save You Here
You can be NIT/IIT/IIM. You can have degrees stamped with gold. But in india, that just means:
• More tax
• More bills
• More pressure
Abroad, the same degree gets you respect, stability, and freedom.
4. 🏦 India’s Hidden Tax: Inequality
In europe, a plumber can live a decent life. In the US, a nurse can retire early. In India? Even a VP at a multinational struggles with:
• “Which school can I afford?”
• “Which hospital won’t bankrupt me?”
• “Should I take another loan to upgrade my car/flat?”
Here, inequality doesn’t just exist — it suffocates.
5. 🤯 Patriotism vs. Practicality
• Those who left are called “unpatriotic.” But tell me:
• What’s patriotic about killing yourself with EMIs?
• What’s patriotic about being denied dignity unless you’re ultra-rich?
• Leaving isn’t betrayal. It’s survival.
⚡ Closing Punch: The india Nobody Wants to Admit
If 80% of the most educated, most privileged indians are fleeing, it says only one thing:
👉 India is not aspirational. india is exhausting.
Until the day india rewards productivity instead of punishing it, the smartest indians will continue to board planes, not build futures here.
Because let’s face it — for too many of us, the only real freedom comes with a one-way ticket.
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