Not because he doesn’t love India. But because, after years abroad, he has simply stopped wanting to fight for things that should just work.The thread exploded. Doctors in Toronto. Engineers in Amsterdam. Nurses in Auckland. Their geographies differed. The emotional core did not: India is exhausting in ways that have nothing to do with poverty, and everything to do with choices made by those in power.
Officially, India loses over 200,000 citizens to emigration every year. Between 2011 and 2023, more than 1.6 million Indians surrendered their passports. In 2024 alone, over 200,000 renounced citizenship. India’s diaspora — 35.4 million strong — is the world’s largest.
