August 2025
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Return to India Starter: your city, your numbers
A single starting package for families moving back: the neighbourhoods worth shortlisting in your city, what schooling actually costs and how admissions run there, a realistic monthly cost-of-living figure, and the moves that are time-sensitive because of when you land.
- Neighbourhood shortlist for your city
- Schools: options, fees, admission timing
- Realistic monthly cost of living
- What to sequence before you land
Prepared for your city and sent to you — not a generic PDF.
What you get
Where to live
A shortlist of neighbourhoods in your city with the trade-offs stated plainly — commute, schools nearby, what rent and buying actually run to, and who each area suits.
Where the kids go
The realistic school options for your area and age group: boards, indicative fees, how admission timelines work, and what to have ready before you are on the ground.
What it costs to live there
A monthly figure built from the way a returning family actually spends, so you can hold it against your current income rather than guess at a number.
What is time-sensitive
The handful of decisions that are dated by your move — residency timing, accounts, and what is cheaper to settle before you land than after.
Included in the Starter package
- A written report prepared for your city and your family's situation
- Neighbourhood shortlist with the reasoning behind each one
- School options with indicative fees and admission timing
- Monthly cost-of-living estimate for your household size
- A dated action list for the months either side of your move
- Full access to the Desi Return planner to work through it
How It Works
1
Tell us your city
Where you are moving to, who is moving, and when
2
We compile it
Your report is put together for that city and situation
3
You get the report
Delivered by email, with the planner to work through it
4
Ask what's unclear
Come back with questions once you have read it
The research is the part nobody can do for you from abroad.
Choosing a city is the easy half. The hard half is everything under it — which three neighbourhoods actually suit your commute and your kids, which schools still have seats in your bracket and what they really cost, and what your monthly outgoings will look like once you are living there rather than visiting. Most families assemble that from forum threads, a cousin's opinion, and two trips. This package is that same research, done for your city, written down, and handed to you before you commit to anything.
One report, one city, your household
Written down so both partners can read the same thing
Built to be argued with, not just agreed to
On camera
Hear it from them, not just us.
Real returnees, on camera, unscripted.
Reviews on Google
Rated 4.8 out of 5 by returning families
4.8 average from 12 Google reviewsRead them on Google
August 2025
The personal stories, are realistic, positive and very valuable source for personal planning and decisions.
August 2025
Definitely recommend for anyone planning to make a move back to India
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BETWEEN ADVISOR SESSIONS
A good plan still needs the occasional gut-check.
The Inner Circle is where people compare notes on exactly that, between one advisor session and the next.