Adity Saxena 
Nobody wants to think about a parent’s final years while sitting in another country. Yet for millions of NRIs, this is exactly the reality: parents ageing in India, children building careers in the US, UK, Gulf, Canada, or Australia. End-of-life care planning is not about giving up hope. It is about making sure your parents … Read more
Frequent flyers know the feeling. You land, and your body has no idea what time it is. Your stomach wants dinner at 4 a.m. Your eyes refuse to close until sunrise, then refuse to open for the 9 a.m. meeting. For NRIs and global travelers making the long haul to India, this disorientation can last … Read more
Every NRI runs into the same question sooner or later: can I hold two passports? The honest answer is no. India does not allow full dual citizenship. What it offers instead is close enough for most practical purposes — the Overseas Citizen of India card. This breaks down what OCI actually gives you, how it … Read more
Grandparents on masala-doodh duty every winter. An aunt moving in for a month before a wedding. Three generations arguing over the remote in one living room. Not long ago, this was just how a lot of Indian households worked — one roof, many relatives, decisions made together over evening chai. Migration changes that picture fast. … Read more
Mental strain does not always announce itself with a crisis. More often, it shows up as a mind that will not switch off, a body that feels tired without reason, and a low-grade tension that never fully lifts. For NRIs and foreigners connected to India, this weight often carries an extra layer — distance from … Read more
Landing in India after five, ten, or twenty years abroad brings a strange kind of jet lag. Part of it comes from the flight. Part of it comes from realizing how much has changed since your last visit, and how much of your old packing list no longer applies. Should you carry heavy sweaters or … Read more
Two people fall in love, or agree to an arranged match, and then discover the wedding was the easy part. The real negotiation starts after: whose family’s calendar of festivals gets followed, which parent gets called first with good news, and whose idea of “normal” becomes the default at home. For NRI couples, that negotiation … Read more
Every change of season brings the same familiar wave — coughs, allergies, low energy — moving through offices, schools, and homes at roughly the same time. Ayurveda noticed this pattern centuries ago and built an entire framework around it, called ritucharya, or seasonal routine. Instead of treating each cold or bout of fatigue as a … Read more
When a parent in Pune runs a fever at 2 a.m. and their child is in Toronto, the phone call that follows is rarely calm. For years, options were limited: wait for a relative nearby to check in, book an expensive last-minute flight, or trust whatever advice came secondhand. That gap is closing fast. Telemedicine … Read more
Money gets complicated the day you move abroad. Your salary lands in one country. Your parents, your property, and sometimes your medical bills stay in another. Somewhere between the two sits a maze of account types, transfer charges, and RBI paperwork that few banks explain in plain language. This NRI banking and remittance guide breaks … Read more