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[QUOTE=deccanchargers;684425]1- Dont move your $$$ to India for the purpose of getting returns 2- if you have it, get it back 3- Indian banks are horrible to deal with even if they give you 10% interest and some will give you hard time taking your money out of bank and country 4- The money you put ...

[QUOTE=Purujit;683787]It is tough to hear this after you helped them, but at the least this uncle blurted out what was in his mind. It is those people, who do not say but poison behind our backs, are more dangerous.[/QUOTE] this is actually so very true. it is those people who are quiet who mean ...

[QUOTE=Archana935;683303]Hi..came back from my India vacation.. it was a good time with friends and family.. however..some things which happened.. I was fuming when many incidents happened back to back teasing the life of people in America.. some have success in this country and some have failures ...

[QUOTE=rmehra;675275]That is exactly what my view is ....I have a son who is 10 years old and a non US citizen.I strongly feel that in his best interest I should plan to move back in next 6 mo - 1 year.I have always reached to this conclusion whenever I analyse the situation.Lot of my peers ...

[QUOTE=vapasi1;675248]We have made a concious decision to just focus on JEE-MAINS, BITSAT for Indian colleges and SAT incase of US. No NEET, JEE-Adv or the umpteen other tests. Very clear that BITS or NIT in India else some 2nd tier univ in US that fits our budget. Neither my kid wants to go for the ...

[QUOTE=returning_indian;674233]Comparing bangalore of 2000 with today and extra polating to whole of India is wrong. It has grown leap and bounds. Not every place has grown in similar manner. Other than metro not every place has seen 1crore to 10 crore inflation. And no retired folks do not need 1 ...

[QUOTE=RRS;673267]Since you didn’t complete 40 credits on your own, you can claim spousal benefit which is 50% of primary. For example, if your husband gets 1000$ per month, you can claim 500$. But for people born in 1960s decade and beyond, the pole gets moved further every few years : ). Now it is ...

[QUOTE=maybe;673248]I used to think so too - but apparently Indians can receive SS payments while residing in India. Ex.: from: [URL]http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20160629/BLOG05/160629898/social-security-benefits-for-noncitizens[/URL] Citizens of India as well as many African, Asian and ...

[QUOTE=cabo;672472]Questions about UC schools for an international applicant. My son managed to get into UC sandiego and UC Davis. Irvine decision is not out yet. Could somebody rate mid tier UC schools ? I had read somewhere that due to overcrowding and over subscribing for some popular courses- an ...

[QUOTE=PeterGriffin;670005]I?ve been wanting to blog my thoughts/experiences on every trip that I make to India but I?ve not been able to get to it. This time, I decided to do it though some of those thoughts have vanished. Not to bore you folks out with a touchy-feely post More to follow on my trip ...