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P_Jani - from your posts you seem to be in late 20's - early 30's (well at least your pic is) - wait till you hit your 40's, 50's then you can introspect While I understand that you come alone go alone, great people did great things with their lonelyness, etc I'm talking about the rest of 99.99 % of ...

Technology cannot replace physical presence IMHO - you need to be in that buzzing environment to be a part of it. How many times have you kicked yourself coz' you're not there when on the phone/webcam/IM you saw/heard all friends/relatives/cousins interacting/meeting/talking, enjoying cricket/movies ...

ok - so here's the situation been in US for almost 14-15 yrs standard IT engineer story - comes to US -consulting jobs - gets married - kids (under 10yrs age) - India vacations every couple yrs- GC - couple of job changes - USC + OCI -now in 40's few college friends in US - made lots of new friends ...

Whenever I am in the US, in couple months I start missing India (culture, festivals, relatives, friends, food, weather) and when I'm in India I start missing US (infrastructure, cleanliness, pollution-free green, less crowded) in 3/4 weeks or so when I'm on vacation. Once I return from vacation ...