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Anuja Sachdeva
Why do most Indians prefer to settle abroad?
I being an Indian, moved to Canada for my better future and career. As I have been living here for approx five years. I will answer the question with my observation and experience I have gained by staying abroad for long. “If India is SO GOOD, why do Indians decide to settle abroad” is a big question to solve! Below are the reasons what I feel is the cause for people to move from India to elsewhere.

为何众多印度人倾向于在海外定居？
作为印度人，我为了追求更加美好的未来和职业发展而选择移民加拿大。在这里生活了大约五年，我想基于我的观察和海外生活经验，解答这个经常被提出的问题：“如果印度如此美好，为何印度人还要选择出国定居？”以下是我认为促使人们离开印度移居他国的几个主要原因。

Better Opportunities
The increasing population has made India one of the most populated countries in the world. So, finding adequate opportunities for this vast population is very challenging. So, I believe that people move to foreign countries as they see opportunities for their better future and also wages in foreign countries are much more than in India.

更多机遇
印度人口的持续增长使其成为全球人口最多的国家之一，这使得为庞大人口提供足够机会变得极为困难。所以，我认为人们选择移居国外是因为他们认为那里在未来有更多的机遇，并且相比印度，国外的薪资水平要高得多。

A better way to live
With better work opportunities comes a better life. So you can't miss discussing the quality of life. The style of living is high; however, a great deal can be remembered in this aspect. Most importantly, you don't need to stress over waterlogging, power cut downs, pollution, and traffic jams. Everything consolidates to a life each individual deserves to live.

更优质的生活
更好的工作机会自然会引领到更优质的生活，生活品质自然是我们讨论的重点。生活水平高，许多方面都给人留下深刻印象。最关键的是，你不必再为内涝、停电、污染和交通拥堵等问题烦恼。所有这些因素共同构成了一个每个人都应享有的美好生活。

Quality education
The reason why I moved to Canada is their education system, and this is the reason why most people in India prefer to move abroad. We all are aware of the Indian education system, which lacks resources. In contrast, if we compare the education system in Canada or the USA or UK, they provide various accessible services such as internships, scholarships to help students in their careers.

更高质量的教育
我选择移居加拿大的主要原因是其教育制度，这也是许多印度人倾向于出国的驱动因素。众所周知，印度的教育体系资源不足。相形之下，加拿大、美国和英国等国家的教育体系提供了包括实习、奖学金在内的多种易于获取的服务，这些服务对学生的职业发展大有裨益。

THE VIDESHI DREAM
The "VIDESHI" dream is one of the only remnants of a frontier heritage that India has not had the option to exceed. It is by all accounts matter of pride for Indian families to send their kids to another country – both for studies and for work. The settlements are incredible for the economy, as well.
In any case, I accept that as long as the bait of a brilliant faraway land exists, more Indians will keep on looking for their fortunes outside their country.

海外梦
“海外梦”代表了一种边疆精神的残余，这是印度尚未得以超越的一部分。对印度家庭而言，无论是为了孩子的教育还是工作，将子女送往海外是一种荣耀。这类海外定居对经济也有着不可估量的贡献。
无论如何，我相信只要海外那片充满机遇的土地仍然存在，更多的印度人就会持续不断地在国外寻找他们的财富和机遇。

Sidhartha Priyadarshi
Why most of the Indians prefer to settle abroad?
I can not talk about every Indian who wants to settle abroad. I can only talk about myself. I moved from India to Australia about 3 years back and had my strong reasons.
There were many reasons for it.

为什么大多数印度人更愿意在国外定居？
我无法涵盖所有希望移居海外的印度人的情况，我只能分享我自己的经历。大约3年前，我从印度搬到了澳大利亚，我是有充分的理由。
做出这个决定有很多原因：

Tough to integrate with in your own country — This was the most important reason I wanted to move out of India and settle abroad. I was born in a state with little job oppertunities which is Bihar. My only option to have a good fulfilling life was to move out of the state. I went to a college in Delhi because of unavailability of good colleges in my state. 4 years I spent there were really good but the the tag of a being from Bihar never left me. I eventually made many good friends there but for most of the people staying in my hostel, I was a Bihari.

很难融入自己的国家——这是我想离开印度到国外定居的最重要原因。我出生在一个就业机会很少的邦——比哈尔邦。要过上美好的生活，我唯一的选择是离开这个邦。我去了德里的一所大学，因为我所在的邦没有好的大学。我在那里度过的4年真的很好，但来自比哈尔邦的标签从未离开过我。我最终在那里交了很多好朋友，但对于住在我宿舍的大多数人来说，我是一个“比哈尔人”。

It was not just me but everyone from my state was a ‘Bihari'. If i am having an argument with someone, me being from Bihar was the nuclear weapon they all had in their arsenal. Everytime a conflict will end at reminding me that I am an uncivilized Bihari. Even though i hardly had any typicality of a Bihari. The first six months were extremely tough for me. A very wrong judgment on my part. I got into a friends group where me being from Bihar was constantly made fun of. It was a persistent joke. I as well was little scared of being ostracized from the group and took it. But eventually I changed my group after 6 months and had a good time after that for 3.5 years.

不仅仅是我，来自我的邦的每个人都是“比哈尔人”。如果我和某人争论，我来自比哈尔邦是他们军火库中的核武器。尽管我几乎没有任何比哈尔人的典型特征，但是每次冲突都会提醒我，我是一个不文明的比哈里人。前六个月对我来说非常艰难，这是我做出的一个非常错误的判断。我加入了一个朋友圈，在这个朋友圈中，我来自比哈尔邦一直被不断地取笑，这是一个持续的笑话。我也有点害怕被排斥出这个群体，于是接受了它。但最终在6个月后我换了一个朋友圈，在接下来的3.5年里过得很好。

That was a big learning experience where I learned that no one is so important that I need to take rubbish from them. The fear of being alone completely dissappeared. But those first 6 months left a huge mark on me. I later moved to Bangalore when I got a job. The atmosphere was much better than delhi but still you are always an outsider. I faced discrimination in many places. Countless number of times, I was told that ‘this is karnataka '. Even if you live there for years and call it your home, any criticism of the city is refuted as ‘if you have so much problem, leave the city'. Which is exactly what I did after few years. And no matter how much media shows in Indian television about racism in Australia, for me it was much easier to integrate than any other state in India. My experience of Racism here is limited to ‘I will smile less at you'. Nothing which really impacts me.

那是一次深刻的学习经历，我明白了没有人重要到需要我去忍受他们的无理取闹。害怕孤单的感觉彻底消失了。但是最初的六个月对我影响很大。后来我因为得到一份工作而搬到了班加罗尔。那里的环境比德里要好得多，但你始终感觉自己是个局外人。我在很多地方都遭遇了歧视。无数次，我被告知：“这是卡纳塔克邦。”即使你在那里居住多年，把它当作自己的家，对城市的任何批评都会被反驳说：“如果你有这么多问题，那就离开这座城市。”几年后，我确实这么做了。不管印度电视媒体如何报道澳大利亚的种族歧视问题，对我来说，融入澳大利亚比融入印度的任何一个邦都要容易得多。我在这里遇到的种族歧视仅限于“我对你的微笑会少一些”，并没有真正影响到我。

Justice System — An extremely inefficient judicial system. God forbid if you get into a situation where you need justice, you will become a joke. Justice is a luxury which commoners can not afford in India.
Childcare — There are serious problems related to childcare in India. There are serious cases of child abuses which keep coming from India by the hands of their carers which I can not even fathom happening in Australia. The nannys and caretakers in India are one of the lowest paid people. There is a huge factor of jealousy which comes to play there. There is no regulation. One person will take care of 10 infants. Managing kids can be very annoying. And managing 10 kids would be a hell.

司法体系 — 在印度，司法系统极其低效。如果你不幸需要寻求正义，你可能会成为笑柄。在印度，正义是一种普通民众难以负担的奢侈品。
儿童保育——在印度，儿童保育存在严重问题。不断有报道揭露由照顾者亲手造成的儿童虐待事件，这种情况在澳大利亚是难以想象的。在印度，保姆和护理人员是收入最低的群体之一，这其中还存在着强烈的嫉妒心理，缺乏规范监管。有人甚至需要同时照顾10个婴儿。管理孩子本就不易，同时管理10个孩子更是极其艰难。

But due to many reasons, people do that to earn their living. Eventually getting very frustrated and abusing the kids. And the cases where entire staff and organization went out of their prescribed job profile to cover up instances of child abuse, to protect their jobs/reputation of their employers, scares even further. In Australia, I can be sure that if I send my child to a bigger childcare center, where there are many caretakers, any form of abuse will not happen. If there is an abuser, he/she will not get support of fellow employees to cover those things up. But I can not say the same for India.

但由于许多原因，人们这样做是为了谋生。最后变得非常沮丧，开始虐待孩子。更令人感到不安的是，当整个员工团队和机构为了掩盖儿童虐待事件，以保护他们自己的职位或雇主的名声，而逾越了他们应有的职责范围。在澳大利亚，如果我将孩子送到一个有众多护理人员的大规模儿童护理中心，我可以确信那里不会发生任何形式的虐待。如果出现虐待者，他或她不会得到同事的支持来掩盖这些行为。但在印度，我无法做出同样的保证。

Medical system — The public medical system in India is junk. Never been to a public hospital. Always relied on private. Affordibility was not a problem for private healthcare. Employers provided Insurance for health cover of the family. But then there is a big drawback with treatment into a private sector, with your insurance. You become a cash cow for those hospitals. You will probably undergo surgeries which are not required, tests which are noway related to your symptoms etc. Every minor illness will lead to hospitalization. Why? Because Insurance company will pay.

医疗体系 —— 印度的公立医院系统质量堪忧。我从未踏足过公立医院，一直依赖私立医院。私立医疗服务的费用对我来说并不是问题，因为我的雇主为全家提供了医疗保险。然而，私立医疗领域存在一个显著问题，那就是医院可能会把你当作摇钱树。你可能会接受一些不必要的手术，或者进行一些与症状无关的检查。哪怕是轻微的疾病，也可能导致住院，原因很简单：保险公司会支付费用。

The public health system in Australia works extemely efficiently. I will not be pumped with antibiotics without finding out if it is actually a bacterial infection. If the care can be provided by family at home, family would be instructed on what to do and the patient will be sent home. Only drawback is long waiting time for non fatal required surgeries e.g. knee replacement etc, which is covered by my private insurance. So i have an option of not getting exploited by medical mafias. I remember getting a phone call from hospital aftet my daughter was released from hospital after a brief hospitalization, asking how is she doing and if the symptoms came back. Here medical system aims at well being of people and is not limited to the time frx when you are paying to them.

澳大利亚的公共医疗系统运作得非常高效。在这里，医生不会在确诊是否为细菌感染之前就随意使用抗生素。如果家庭能够在家提供护理，医生会指导家人如何照料患者，然后让患者回家。唯一的不足是，对于一些非紧急手术（如膝关节置换手术）的等待时间较长，但这个问题可以通过私人医疗保险来解决，这样我就不会遭受医疗行业的剥削。我记得女儿短暂住院后出院，医院还打来电话询问她的恢复情况，看看症状是否再次出现。这里的医疗系统真正关注人们的福祉，而不是仅仅在你付费的时候才关心。
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Toxic air, water and food — Fevicol in milk, Toxic injections to cows to increase milk production which wiped out vultures in India, pollution reaching an alarming level, portable water being a rarity, exteme levels of pesticides in grains and fruits is kind of scary. Nothing needs to be said further.

有毒的空气、水和食物 —— 牛奶中的甲醛、给牛注射的有毒物质以提高产奶量，导致印度秃鹫几乎灭绝；污染水平令人震惊；清洁饮用水变得难以获得；谷物和水果中农药残留严重，这些都让人感到恐惧，对此不必再多说了。
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Corruption — Although corruption is massive in India, it doesn't affect my daily life as such. Apart from corruption in law enforcement and judicial system, I do not think I faced any issue of corruption while being in India. For any purpose when I needed a thing to be done in a govt office, I was never asked for a bribe. Yes after they finished their job, they would always ask for some money. But that was more like a ‘tip’ rather than a bribe to do the job which I gave them. Maybe it is different for poor people whom they would assume will not give any ‘tip', once their job is done. But corruption only in law enforcement and judiciary was the only thing which bothered me. My impression was always that corruption in govt sector has reduced tremendously over the years. It was the unethical practices and corruption by commoners which bothered me more. See the point regarding food.

腐败 —— 尽管印度的腐败问题非常普遍，但它并没有直接影响到我的日常生活。除了执法和司法系统的腐败之外，我在印度期间并没有遇到任何腐败问题。在政府办公室办理事务时，我从未被要求贿赂过。他们完成工作后的确常常会索要一些钱，但那更像是一种“小费”，而不是为了完成工作而支付的贿赂。也许对于穷人来说，情况会有所不同，他们可能认为一旦工作完成，穷人不会给任何“小费”了。但真正让我感到困扰的是执法和司法系统中的腐败。我的印象是，随着时间的推移，政府部门的腐败现象已经大幅减少。相比之下，普通人的不道德行为和腐败问题更让我感到不安。看看关于食物的那部分观点就知道了。

Caste based discrimination and Reservation as political tool — Whole my life I have seen people being discriminated for their castes. I grew up in Bihar and by the time I was 4, I knew what my caste is. It was a generic thing people would blatantly ask even to a 4 year old. I was asked about it by strangers in buses, shops, trains everywhere. I have seen people scared of a particular community that they may touch you!! I have been give a bath in my village because someone from a particular community touched me!! Actually it should be way up, as second point. This is something I absolutely despise. As I grew up, i saw a massive change. People dont ask about caste as blatantly as they would earlier, but caste still remains a big issue in India to address.

基于种姓的歧视和作为政治工具的预留制度 —— 我的一生中，我目睹了人们因种姓而遭受歧视。我在比哈尔邦长大，四岁时就清楚地知道自己属于哪个种姓。这在当时是个普遍现象，人们会毫不避讳地就此询问一个四岁的孩子——无论是在公交车上、商店里还是火车上，我经常被陌生人问及种姓。我见过人们害怕某个特定群体，担心他们可能会触碰自己。我甚至因为某个特定群体的人触碰了我，而在村里被迫洗澡。实际上，种姓歧视的问题应该更早被提及，这是我深恶痛绝的现象。随着我的成长，我看到了显著的变化。虽然人们不再像以前那样直接询问种姓，但种姓问题仍然是印度需要解决的重大问题。

Now coming to reservations, I know there are many communities which have been subjugated to discrimination for centuries and they need upliftment. I have myself witnessed it multiple times. But the current reservation system fails to uplift them. It continues to uplift those coming from families which have already got uplifted. My neighbor, who was a magistrate had all his children and their spouses as doctors. The entire family sucked out the policy of reservation. For me, it is a failure of the policy. Not because it made things difficult for me, but for those actually in need, losing out their upliftment to the kids of an magistrate. It has reduced as a way to garner votes. More vocal a community is, more reservations they have. Which is totally against the basic fundamentals of reservation. If you are so vocal, and you voice is not supressed, sorry you do not need reservation.

至于预留制度，我知道，有许多社区几个世纪以来一直遭受歧视，他们需要得到提升，我亲眼见过多次这样的情况。但现行的预留制度并没有真正起到提升作用。它反而让那些已经得到提升的家庭继续受益。比如我的邻居，一位地方法官，他的子女和配偶都是医生，整个家庭都在利用预留政策。在我看来，这是政策的失败。不是因为它给我带来了困难，而是因为那些真正需要帮助的人，却因为地方法官的孩子而失去了提升的机会。预留制度已经沦为一种拉票的工具。哪个社群的声音越大，他们得到的预留名额就越多，这完全违背了预留制度的初衷——如果你的呼声非常强烈，且未受到压制，那么很抱歉，你实际上并不需要预留名额。

Overtly religious population — I know religion is a personal matter and it should not bother me if they are religious, but it impacts me as well. A new 4 lane road in bangalore reduces to a 2 lane road, coz there is a temple there, beating the entire purpose of widening the road. Eating beef is illegal in many states. Even though country claims to be a secular one, doesn't have uniform civil code. My right to free speech is curbed because someone out there is always prepared to take offence. I can go on and on about this but that might hurt some ‘religious sentiments’. So I will stop here.

过于虔诚的宗教群体 —— 我明白宗教信仰是个人的事情，理论上他们虔诚与否不应该影响到我。但实际上，这些宗教行为确实对我有所影响。比如在班加罗尔，一条新建的四车道公路因为一座寺庙的存在而被迫缩减为两车道，这完全违背了道路拓宽的目的。在很多邦，食用牛肉是被禁止的。虽然国家自称是世俗国家，却没有统一的民法典。我的自由言论权也因为一些人容易感到冒犯而受到限制。我可以继续举出很多这样的例子，但这可能会触及到某些人的“宗教情感”，所以我就此打住。

Poverty — There is a huge poverty in india which overwhelmes me. I used to do few thing for the poor which I continue doing it from Australia as well. But poverty doesn't only Impact me from an emotional point of view. It impacts me from a very practical point of view as well. Poverty leads to social problems as well. There is two India living side by side which doesn't understand each other. They have different cultures, different definitions of morality, different outlook towards life. Poverty means poor education and massive gender related issues. Something which women in our family do or wear, might be normal for us. But for them that might be asking for trouble. In my opinion, most of the rape cases in India are caused by this. Actually many might not agree, but I think if one is facing a very tough life, it is little difficult for them to be in touch with their human side. Personally I want to do and i also do few things for the upliftment of poor, but I would not trust them.

贫困 —— 印度普遍存在的贫困问题让我感到沉重。我过去为贫困人群做了一些事，即便现在身在澳大利亚，我依然继续这样做。但贫困对我的影响不仅限于情感层面，它也从一个非常实际的角度影响了我。贫困引发了一系列社会问题。在印度，存在着两个截然不同的世界，它们彼此之间难以理解。这些世界有着不同的文化、不同的道德观念，以及对生活的不同看法。贫困往往导致教育水平的不足，以及严重的性别问题。在我们家庭中，女性的行为或穿着可能被认为是正常的，但对于贫困人群来说，这可能会被视为一种挑衅。我个人认为，印度的许多强奸案件正是由这种差异引起的。许多人可能不同意这个观点，但我坚信，如果一个人生活在极度艰难的环境中，他们很难保持人性。我个人愿意并且确实为贫困人群的改善做了一些事情，但我对他们的信任度是有限的。
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Money - For me this was not the reason. Me and my wife were earning more than what we had ever thought or we ever needed. We didnt have any financial problems as such which could be solved by moving to another country. But I have put it because, this is a big reason for many who move out.
So these were my reasons. There are plenty of reasons for me to go back to India as well. But the question was not about that.

金钱 — 对我个人而言，金钱并不是我离开的原因。我和我的妻子的收入远远超出了我们最初的预期和需求。我们没有遇到任何财务问题，这些问题也不是通过搬到另一个国家就能解决的。但我提到这一点是因为，对许多人来说，金钱是一个重要的移民原因。
这些就是我离开的原因。当然，我也有很多理由想要回到印度，但这个问题并不是目前讨论的话题。