Pratibha built an HR career in the US from 2014, then moved her family to Hyderabad in 2024. She explains what triggered the move, how they planned it and what she misses about the US.
Pratibha built an HR career in the US from 2014, then moved her family to Hyderabad in 2024. She explains what triggered the move, how they planned it and what she misses about the US.
This is the story of an HR professional who returned to India after 10 years in the US, told in a conversation with Avinash. Before going abroad, Pratibha had worked in India for about five years and had completed an MBA in Pune. She was settled in the Delhi NCR region and says she was financially independent, with a life of her own.
The move to the US came through marriage. She met her husband while he was already working in the US, and the couple had decided before their wedding that she would move there afterwards. She went to the US in 2014.
The early years were comfortable in many ways. She says the family earned in dollars, travelled and found everything accessible. The Bay Area felt very Indianised to her, with festivals celebrated, an Indian cook and an Indian nanny at home, so daily life had a familiar side as well.
The first months were harder than she expected. She could not drive yet, she had to get a driving licence first, and she felt confined to the house. Because she was on a dependent visa, she did not know at the start that she would not be able to work. Having been financially independent in India, she found that difficult.
Her husband was supportive. He first suggested going back to India, or a different visa route so that she could work as well. She thought the visa route would take too long, so they looked at studies instead. She enrolled at UC Santa Cruz and got one year of Optional Practical Training (OPT). She describes a rule that let a dependent spouse work on an H4 EAD once the principal's I-140 was approved, and her husband's I-140 was approved. When her OPT ended, she moved on to H4 and kept working, and once she had her EAD the work question was resolved.
Her field mattered too. Many people told her to study something technical, and she had seen others change their field. She chose to stay in HR and continue her education in it, whatever job she found. She knew that technical people found H-1B sponsorship more easily than non-technical people, and she accepted that. For the career side of this choice, read whether moving back to India is a sound career step for non-IT NRIs. Visa and work-permit rules change, so this is her own case, not legal advice.
The idea of going back was there from the start. When she and her husband were dating and decided to marry, both of them knew they would not settle in the US. For the first years, life there was good, but she says a gap became clear after their daughter was born.
The gap was family and community. In India, neighbours, parents and relatives are close by, and families raise children together. Pratibha felt that her village had gone and that she was the only one raising her daughter. Her daughter was well behaved, so there was never a serious problem, but she did not feel the US was the place to raise her children.
She wanted her daughter to grow up with an Indian background, Indian education and cultural roots. She said that if the children wanted to move abroad later, that would be a different matter, as it had been for her and her husband.
COVID made the question more urgent. Everyone was with their families at that time, and she felt it would be good to live near her parents and relatives. Her husband looked for jobs in Singapore and Dubai, but she thought visa challenges there would bring another five to ten years of difficulty. She preferred India for three reasons:
For another family's account of the pandemic years, read why one NRI family moved back to India during COVID.
The host suggested the move was almost six years in the making, starting when her daughter was born. Pratibha agreed the idea had been there from then, but said it was not a decision made on one day. She raised it with her husband, and it developed over time.
The trigger she names is her daughter growing up. Her daughter used to speak Hindi with her, and in kindergarten the US environment did not affect her much. After she moved into first grade there was a drastic change, and that hit Pratibha hard. She did not want her daughter to become completely American, so she felt the family had to act.
Money played a part too. Layoffs were happening in the US and job security was uncertain. For a time she worked for two companies, one full-time and one part-time. She knew the full-time role would end, and she expected to rely on the part-time work. Her plan was to keep working for one or two years, until her career had stable growth, and then move.
She dates the decision to 2023, and says the family moved in 2024, when everything moved very fast. For a broader view of how timing choices are weighed, see the factors that shape the best time to return to India.
The practical planning began when her daughter was in second or first grade. The family started looking at schools in India, and Pratibha asked her company whether she could work from India. The company had an opening, but she had to wait some time before she could take it.
Her husband's company had no office in India, so he planned to return first and look for work once he was home. He was working in the US until his last day in May. Layoffs were under way at his company, and Pratibha noted that a layoff would bring him a severance package, and he was leaving for India anyway. He did not apply for jobs before leaving because he had good connections, and he got a job very soon after he returned, within one or two months.
She believes that a long US career with a strong background makes it possible to secure a job in India. That is her reading of how it went for her husband, and it is not a promise for other families. A longer plan for a non-IT professional appears in a 7-year career and family plan for a non-IT NRI.
For families who want a written sequence for these areas, the free 15-week return-to-India email series covers timing, career, money, family and logistics.
Pratibha and her husband are both from the north, but they did not want to go back to a northern city. Heat and pollution were the main reasons. Delhi also has pollution and other challenges, so they looked south instead.
Hyderabad was the main choice because her brother already lived there, which made it easy to meet and visit often. Bangalore was not an option for them. She had visited, and her husband had worked there before moving to the US. She says the opportunities would have been there, but they did not want to go.
Pune was the third option. She studied there and likes the city, but she felt there were fewer startups and fewer IT companies than in Hyderabad, so they chose Hyderabad.
The family has been in Hyderabad for about six months. Pratibha says people warned that it can get harder after a while, and she has not yet been through a full year, so she will see how it goes. So far, she says, there have been no issues at all.
Before the move, Pratibha's daughter attended a private school in the US. Pratibha says that school was good, but she did not like its culture. When they decided to move to India, they did not want to follow the CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) curriculum, so her daughter now attends a school that follows the Cambridge curriculum.
She is happy with the Cambridge school. It gives homework every day except Fridays, which she says is similar to what her daughter had in the US, and the workload is not heavy. The teachers are interactive and focus on practical learning. There are daily activities such as debates, painting and competitions, and Pratibha says her daughter's self-esteem and social interaction have improved.
The search itself was not a long research project. Pratibha says the family decided where they would live first, then looked up the schools nearby. The steps were:
Pratibha says they did not do too much research on that side. For the wider admission steps, read the school admission timeline for returning NRIs.
Pratibha says the first six months have gone very well. The Bay Area had festivals and events, but she says the best part of India is that the family can celebrate together. Around Navratri, she describes a 10-day break, with children from different curricula all on holiday, so families gather for the festival.
The community is part of it. She described a Ganesha celebration with a pandal in the community, which reminded her of how she grew up. She wanted her daughter to have the same kind of cultural immersion, and she says her daughter loves India partly for that reason.
The weather is another difference. The Bay Area weather was not too bad, but she says other parts of the US can go four to six months without much sun. Hyderabad can be hot at times, but she says it is generally fine to go outside, and people can gather downstairs within the community.
Family is the biggest change. Her brother lives in Hyderabad, and they meet often, especially at Diwali and other festivals. Her father-in-law had been living alone in the Delhi NCR region after his wife died. The family asked him to move in with them, and he now lives with them. Her daughter is happy to be with her grandparents.
She notes that some friends feel Indian culture is much better than life abroad, but their situation is different. Their siblings already live in the US with green cards, and their parents visit for six months at a time, so moving back is not an option for them. For Pratibha's family, her own siblings are in India, so the move made sense.
Pratibha names three things she misses or finds hard:
She also finds a lot to like. Apps that make everyday tasks easy are one example, and many things now happen online, so people do not always have to go to an office. On education, she says families now have more choice. When she was a child, the CBSE board was the norm with state boards as the alternative, but now families can choose the curriculum they want.
She also says relatives and boundaries are a matter of choice. Some people say they do not want to be close to relatives, but in her view each family sets its own boundaries and decides how to live.
Her first advice is to go abroad. She says people should explore and see the world. She worked at top companies in the US and got those chances, she says, just because she was there.
Her second point is that moving back is not right for everyone. If there is a mismatch with your future goals and aspirations, she says you should reconsider. She also says India has changed a great deal in ten years, in technology and in how things are handled. Much is online now, and people do not always have to go to offices.
Her final advice is to try it. She says:
You should not have regrets in your later life.
She suggests trying it for two months, six months or a year, and then deciding. If you do not like it, she says, you can move back again, but at least do not feel later that you never tried.
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0:02 When we moved there initially it was all good you know you earn in dollars you travel you know everything so accessible everything is you know easy and all and by the time she moved to first grade there was a drastic change in her and I think that actually hit me a lot I'm like okay this is it there were three places which we were considering and north was not there obviously because of the heat issues and the I think the delian also were pollution and all other challenges. So it is because when you are working for very good amount of years in US and with a good background then you are able to secure a job in India these days. Yeah, I think that all things is possible only when you are in India and you know because India is growing. India is a totally different country within 10 years. When I left and when I moved back it's totally different in terms of technology, in terms of you know
1:14 Hello everyone, welcome back to another episode of DIY return. Today we have Miss Pratiba on our show. Miss Pratiba went to US in 2014 and after working for close to a decade they have decided to move back to Hyderrobat. It's been close to six months and I'm really looking forward to the discussion in what made them to move, how was their life in US and how is the transition going so far and how they have planned the move and so on. with that welcome Miss Pratiba to the show. Hi Nash, thank you for having me and I really appreciate whatever efforts you guys are doing on this channel so that people who are energized and who are still in the process of moving or going from here to US they have all the information ready to you know utilize. So it's really great great work being done by you guys.
2:07 Great. Yeah, thanks a lot for joining us. So let's start a bit about your background you know your education what were you doing in India before making the decision to and why going abroad. Yeah. So before like moving to US I was in India for and I was working with five working five years. I did my MBA from Pune and you know I was like quite settled in India for like four five years and I was in Delhi NCR and we met and you know when we I he was already working in US so it was already decided that okay I have to move to US after you know getting married. Right. Got it. So it's the marriage that brought you to US. So how was the life in US? and where did you go?
2:56 How did you enjoy and especially for someone working in India going and you know being on like H4 dependent visa how things were and maybe you can talk a little bit about you know the life in US. Yeah. So the moment I landed in US before that obviously I said I was a financially independent woman. I had my own life you know. So moving to US was a little a little not good for me especially initially. I know the way we think US is like all you know lot of opportunities lot of you know things to do and all but when I landed I felt like I have to be completely confined in four walls because I was not able to drive I had to get my you know driving license and since I was on dependent visa I didn't know that I will not be able to work so we were initially you know little reluctant and my even husband was very supportive he said that okay let's move back and maybe we can come on you know L1 visa so I mean he can come on L1 so I can be on L2 improve and I can work but I thought it will be too long process. So he said okay let's do one thing we'll we'll explore you
3:57 Know studies and all. So and I was in a nontechnical background as I said I'm in HR and the most people there are going for a technical you know field there. So there's a lot of opportunity with technical people but nontechnical people it's always a challenge. So I'm like okay let's see whatever happens. So I enrolled myself in UC Santa Cruz and I started studying and I got one year of OPT. So I was I would consider myself very fortunate that during that one per one year of OPD when I was even working there's this new law cames which say which was that you know you are allowed to work on H4 EAD. Yeah. And if you have you know I140 approved and which my husband did and then fortunately the moment my OPD got over I was you know moved to H4 and I was started continued with my working. So yeah, it was all going well you know afterwards you know the once I got my ED and everything so the that challenge has been you know resolved. So yeah. Got it. So you
4:53 Mentioned I think you did study in the university there right? was it in a technology field or in a nontechnical I think you mentioned on the HR so was it expanding on that? Just curious on that part and the reason for that and you know yeah if you're open to share that. Yeah. So I was told by a lot of people that I should do technical stuff and you know lot of people do that. I have seen people just leaving their you know the background and started studying on different field but I was very passionate about HR and I'm like no I'm going to still stick to my you know human resource field and I will continue my education in that field only no matter what kind of job and whatever I will get. And there was the chances that if you are an H you know if you want H1B sponsorship the technical people get it very easily but nontechnical people no. So I'm like okay whatever it is but I'm not going to change my field so I studied in HR only.
5:46 Got it. So congratulations on able to secure a position in in the field that you're passionate about and you know the laws made it easy in terms of able to work and be independent and so on.
5:59 So sounds like I think you know you you have a good life and you know things are going smoothly. So why the thought of India occurred to you and when when did it occur and why why the thought of moving back to India? Yeah. So even when we were dating and you know when we decided to get married it was there in both of us mind that we're never going to settle there. We have to come back. So first thing that was there and second thing was you know we when we moved there initially it was all good you know you earn in dollars you travel you know everything so accessible but eventually I think what made me move is like once my daughter was born and I really felt that you know that gap that vacuum when you are in India versus you are in US. So I felt that you know when you are in India you raised up with you know you have neighbors coming to your house your parents your relatives everybody is nearby and you feel you know you don't
7:00 Feel like as they said that you need a village to raise a child and I think my village was gone I was the only one who was raising her so I'm like okay it's like you know it was too t I would say it was my fortunately my daughter was very nice she was very you know well behaved child so it never never got a problem but unfor And I don't know and within me I was feeling that you know this is not the place I would like to raise my kids. I would rather like to you know raise them in India. Maybe in future if they want to come back here that's a different thing like we did but I I wanted to you know give her the Indian background, Indian education, Indian cultural roots and all those things. So yeah. Got it. So if if
7:42 You're okay like when was the when was your daughter born and you know the timing of the move and you know planning for the move and so on. So just to help out a little bit in terms of how you went through that process. so yeah so when she was like I think she was in second grade or first grade. So we decided you know now we have to move to India some. So we started her finding a schools. I also talked to my company that you know if they can allow me to work in India and fortunately they had opening and they decided that yeah they I can be but I had to wait for some time. My husband was a company in which their offices was not in India. So he had to like he said he will come back you know once he will come back he has to find a job and within one and two months he got the job also. So yeah everything went out smoothly. Everybody was concerned about my daughter but you know if she will get you know the there's a big change for her but she was very excited and the schools and everything was everybody was very cooperative and you know kids were
8:43 Really friendly with her and she's enjoying a lot here in India. Okay so that's great. So let's talk about a little bit right I think when you moved in 2024 your daughter was in the second grade in first second grade so it was almost like a six years of planning like you know when the daughter was born that's when you solidified the idea that you know we need to move back to India so it was back like once my daughter was born I mean yeah it's not like that the same moment I'm like okay let's go back but yeah it was there I proposed this idea to my husband that you know it's I think it's not a good place to be in right first of of all you know the as I said Indian roots and culture I was in Bay Area so Bay Area is very you know very Indianized you celebrate all the festivals everything is there even I had a Indian cook coming to my house I had Indian nanny everything so that way it was going smooth but somewhere you know you over the years you feel like you know that no this is not and then we like five years were completed so I'm like okay once like seven years like and
9:44 Then I think the second thing which actually made me to you decide is that the co part when covid hit I'm like okay this is it no way I want to be in this country because you know how do you feel like everybody is around their family and that time you know they really need your parents or also you need yuri or you know so that time I realized that okay it would be you know good if I will live at least nearby so I told my husband and he started looking for jobs in Singapore and Dubai but again I thought you know there will again be visa issues and visa challenges is and you know that will be another challenging 5 to 10 years. So it's the let's move to India it's better and there we will have you know unlimited support from family we will have u obviously you know India is our own country no visa issues nothing and even if we have to start something of our own like own company or own startup or something we can do that you know those things will everywhere somewhere outside of India will going to be a challenge so that way he was like okay and you know he was like okay let's
10:46 Decide on that part and something something like happened and then 2023 I'm like Okay, that's it. So 204 we were like okay let's move and we found a good school for her and we enrolled her and yeah she just you know it everything moved very fast. Got it. So I
11:04 Think you're kind of indicating that a little bit maybe just trying to understand that if if you're okay is even though you have had the idea and it's something brewing in the mind what is the trigger point that made like yes 2024 is the time we have to move is there certain milestones that you're trying to hit like I think maybe on a financial side or on a visa side or maybe some corpus fund or maybe from a career side or maybe before the kid grow up again is there something that was yeah I think it was the kid growing up because by the time you're in kindergarten and all you not affect that much. So she used to speak I will tell you like she used to speak Hindi with me and then by the time she moved to first grade there was a drastic change in her and I think that actually hit me a lot. I'm like okay this is it now I have to because I was like if I will stay more than this time here she's going to be completely American which I don't want at all. And so I'm like okay no that that's that's the thing that we have to just you know move back and I think financially also I was kind of you know there was a lot of layoff going on
12:05 There was not a security of job even I was so that time I was working with two companies one was full-time and one was part-time so I was I knew that you know this full-time job is going to have to leave and I will have to sustain on parttime so I'm like okay let it be work for one or two years then then I feel like okay I have got stable you know career growth then I can actually move back also. Got it. so sounds like I
12:28 Think when you are deciding to move back to India, so how did you go about choosing a place where you want to? So did you decide to go back to Delhi or other place like how did you select where you wanted to move to? Yeah. So for that part actually you know there were three places which we were considering and north was not there obviously because of the heat issues and the I think the Delhi is also pollution and all other challenges although we both are from north so we were like no let's go to south because you know south is going to be much better in terms of and even in terms of I think u my brother lives in Hyderabad so I'm like okay if he's already there I can also you know move there and that will be very easy for us to meet them and visit them. So that that was the reason we chose Hyderabad. Second thing, Bangalore was not an option. We are like okay I have been to Bangalore and my husband before moving to US was in Bangalore. So like no Bangalore is not going to be the option. Although the opportunities will be there but we were like no. And third thing was third
13:29 Place was Pune. We were thinking to move Pune also because I studied there. I also like Pune and but the only thing that there lot not lot of startups there. the IT coming you know the IT companies are not that that much there so we're like okay Hyderabad is kind of place and as I said you know we have not finished one year so I don't know how it's going to be after like you know midfab or something because people said it's going to be little hard so we'll see how it goes but so far it's been very good no no issues trust me no issues at all that's great so I know I
14:01 Think this is something that you kind of touched about it but I just want to kind of you know expand a little bit I think you took an internal transfer from your company to you know to do a role here in India and in your spouse case I think your husband resigned and then he after moving back to India he applied for jobs have has he tried to apply from there just wondering you know curious how did it go or what no he didn't try I guess he was there working till la very last day 23rd May I would say and you know there was layoffs going on in his company and I was like okay I wish Shankpur you not because you know he would get severance package and all but and he was also like I wish I wish I can tell people that okay if you're laying away of me because I anyway have to go to India so not many people even thinking that we are they were like okay uncle you are kidding because he was he has not resigned and he has not applied to jobs and all but no he he was he thought that you know once he will come back he will have will because he
15:01 Had good connections he would be able to secure a job here and all and yes he got it also very soon. So not an issue for him. I think that's what it is because when you are working for very good amount of years in US and with a good background then you are able to secure a job in India these days. Yes.
15:20 Yeah. Okay. So that's great. so let's talk about I think on the kids part I think you kind of indicated about the school. So if you are open again which curriculum have you selected and how did you decide about it? How did you narrow down the school selection and maybe talk a little bit about the admission process? So that would be helpful. Yeah. So yeah, that was a good point. So my daughter was in a private school there. So she was not even in IB board. She the school there was I think it was kind of IB board but not exactly I I I think the public school uses the IB board there. So she was in private school. So it was good. I won't say that it was not that good. But actually the problem with me was the culture. I'm not liking the culture. So when we decided we have to move to India, we thought that not to go with the CBSC curriculum. So the school right now she is in Cambridge curriculum which is very good because it's not too you know like it not have lot of homework and all
16:21 It's the similar like what she had in US. Every day she gets homework except Fridays. And even the study wise I feel it's really good because it's very interactive. The you know the teachers are not very homework based. They are more into practical based learning. So yeah it's been going good. She's really learning and happy and there's a lot of curricular or extracurricular activities you know every day there's some debate or some painting or some other competitions and all. So she's really getting good you know improvement in her self-esteem in her social you know social gatherings and social interaction is also has improved a lot. That's fantastic. So I I think you kind of mentioned like so you went with the Cambridge curriculum but how did you narrow down the schools like which schools like you have you know considered approached and how did you selected or down selected to one I mean if you may talk through the process. So we didn't do too much of research actually. We just decided to live a place where we thought you know
17:23 Where we should be living. and then we we found out of which are the schools nearby. Okay. So when we decided okay this is the school nearby this is the school nearby and then we based on their availability if they have the opening for second grade and you know those things and based on that whoever replied fast to us like we reached I think we reached out to like 15 16 15 16 schools and all and out of that we narrowed down to five and then five of them I think three of them replied and then we didn't she just interviewed like she had done also interview there with the teacher and they asked few questions and she clarified cl I mean she clarified them and they also cleared her okay yeah she's good to be in second grade so that's how not too much of research on that side yeah so thanks a lot for
18:12 The details about the school and how did you go about selecting the school for your daughter so now let's switch the gears a little bit so you've been living in US for almost a decade and you moved to a new place like where you have never been to Hyderrobad how was the transition like you know it's been 6 months how was the family adjusting to the new life any insights that you can share on that yes so actually it's been going very well because you know back in US the celebrations like you know the festivals were there and since I was in Bay Area there's a lot of you know celebrations lot of events were going on but I think the best part about here in India is that the family and I can you know celebrate and I I think the other part is that like in India people celebrate all together like in Hyderabad for Navatri and the Shara they had whole 10 days of break. So all the kids you know even they are in different curriculum like CBSC or ICE they all have holidays
19:13 So they have to celebrate it and in the community itself there was like whole Ganesha toi there's pandal you know the way we grew grew up so we we wanted her to you know have the same kind of cultural immersion you know that happens in India to see and that that part is going really actually very well and she's also that's the reason she's loving you know India and other thing is I think the since we were in California the weather was not that too bad but I know other parts they not even to able to see sun for like four months and 6 months right so for that and sometimes even it's very hot also very snow is falling and all those things but here like I think you know it's going to be a little bit hot sometimes but other than that I think it's all good you know the weather is always fine to go out and at least if it is all within the community you can go downstairs and have you know good gathering an interaction.
20:09 Got it. So, let's talk a little bit about you know meeting your family, right? I'm assuming the family is still in u Delhi NCR region like how often do you meet them? Just curious because you know it's a bit far away. So, just wondering about that. Yeah. Yeah. No as I said my brother is already here so we meet quite often like you know Diwali the shara all and then my father-in-law so he was living alone there although my husband's brother was there but you know they were living in the same community but my mother once my mother-in-law passed away he was living alone so we told him to move with us so now he's living with us so it's a really you know fun time for us even my daughter is so happy to be with the you know grandparents so yeah I think that all things is possible only when you are in India and you know but I would like to mention one thing a share there there are my friends who are you know who also feel like you know the Indian culture is very much better than us and all those things but the the part is
21:09 That their all siblings are already in US and they have green card so their parents comes there for 6 months and you know they have all the friends and everything and family is already there so for them moving back to India is not an option right for us because our families here My siblings are here. It makes sense for us to move. Yeah, makes sense for sure. So, is there anything
21:30 That you miss in US? you know, since you've been living here for 6 months, anything that you don't like in India or anything that you miss from US? Just curious on that. Yeah, there's a lot of small small things sometimes. I mean we do avoid lot of crowd because we know like we recently went to a temple and it was so crowded and I'm like okay this is how India is then second part you know the thing is like the pollution obviously we feel like yeah the obviously it's south is little better but still pollution is there so that part and third part I would say the cleaniness yeah I do miss in US cleanliness it was really quite clean in US but I think it's a lot of you know years will take place And there's a lot of other things which is really good like you know this blinket and all these 3D and all apps which is very easy in here and yeah I think in terms of missing yeah I would say those three things which I miss. Got it. Is there
22:29 Any topic that we haven't covered that you would like to bring up and you know where we want to discuss further. Yeah. So I would like to say to everybody that you know you should definitely go outside of India to see to explore to you know see the world to see even in my career if I will say I worked in top companies there I could get the opportunity to work in those companies just because I was there. So I would say everybody to yeah you can you should definitely go but if you feel like you know that there is some mismatch there is some gap in your you know future goals and aspiration then you should reconsider to move back as well because India is growing India is a totally different country within 10 years when I left and when I moved back it's totally different in terms of technology in terms of you know like handling of the situation like everything is online these days not like that you have to be you know go to the offices and And I think in terms of I would say the education also like Indian education is I would say is really good in terms of
23:32 Whole curriculum now you have to choose what you want it's not like that in you know when we were kids that we had to have CBC only what else we are maybe the state board but these days everything is open it's all up to you how you select how you you know even people say that their relatives we don't want to be with the relatives and all but I think it's all you know how you set the boundaries so it's all everything accessible everything is up to you how you decide and how to live. Got it. Any advice for any for the future aspirants who are thinking about moving to India? any words of advice from you? Yeah, I would say that you know if you want to move back definitely give it a try. I mean at least never you know feel like oh I would have a chance but I never tried it. you should not have regrets in your later life. So I think this is this is I would definitely say at least try maybe if you don't like it you can move back as well but at least try for a two months or 6 months
24:32 Or even an year and then decide. Yeah for sure you know having a regret in the life is not something worth it and if you have an opportunity just definitely try it out. Yeah completely agree. So yeah, thanks a lot Miss Pratipa for taking the time for sharing your journey with us and telling like you know what went into your mind in making the decision and how the life has been so far. so good luck with everything and thanks again for taking the time and sharing your journey with us today. Yeah, thank you so much Aina for having me. That's great. Yeah.
A 30-minute call on the one decision you're stuck on.
