Back to India from the Land of Opportunity, Respect, and Money

Amar Bakshi of Washington Post writes a real and very honest account of his grandmother who moved to India after spending three decades of her life in the “land of opportunity” known as America:

..as the decades unfolded and her grandchildren were born and grew up in America, she found herself increasingly adrift.

With her husband dead and her children forming nuclear families of their own, she first adopted the role of nanny for the grandchildren, traveling between her own children’s homes to care for their young.

As my cousins and I grew, Dadi Ma’s role in the house became unnecessary. Meanwhile, her health deteriorated and her needs grew. She couldn’t move from house to house as easily and none of her children wanted to put her up all year round.

So just last year she moved back to India for good.

washingtonpost.com A touching piece.