Wednesday, December 04, 2019

Foreign Connexions

Bijoy Gupta with his grandson
Banoo Apa with her son
Bihari Milwani with his daughter
Zaiyan Khan’s whistle-stop visit to the Garden yesterday (see post of December 3) has left many of us asking one common question: How many of our family members have left the country in search of greener pastures and/or are making a fortune on foreign soil?
Turns out that the kin of at least half a dozen members of Big Laaf are
Razia Khan with grandson Zaiyan
currently based abroad, many of them for good. For a small club like ours, this is no mean number.
Zarina Khan with her three sons

Check out the following:
Shekhawat: His grandson is pursuing higher studies in London. Like Zaiyan, he moved out last year and is expected here shortly, during his Christmas holidays.
Kiran Prakash: His younger son has shifted base to USA. He is a finance wiz, married and well-settled in New Jersey. He was here last month, visiting parents.
Zarina Khan: Her eldest son has migrated to the U.S. (ref post of December 2) and another son is doing well for himself in Qatar. Her third son, in Mumbai is a hugely successful pharma professional with a multi-national and a globe trotter.
Banoo Apa distributes chikkis from Chandigarh today
Pushpa and Bijoy Gupta: Their son has set up home in London, is married and well-settled professionally. They have a son.
Bihari Milwani: Both his daughters are settled abroad – one in USA and the other, in the U.K. The latter is married and mother to what Bihari calls a “Made in England” boy.
Banoo Apa: Her son has made Riyadh his home. He too is married and with a family. We met him last when he dropped by to celebrate his mom’s birthday in July 2017. Banoo has a sister who is also settled abroad. She shuttles between London and Paris.
There are several others, some holding foreign postings and moving in and out of India every other day. Call it brain drain, upward mobility or simply, cocking a snook at others, the important point is that most of them have no intention of returning to India for as long as they can help it.
In sharp contrast, none of the parents have any intention to leave India. East or west, home is the best.

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