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I wanted to offer another perspective for this trend: Many states in India, especially in the South, have affirmative action policies that make it really hard for these people to find good jobs or colleges in India. So they head out and prosper in the US.

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The attitude is "We don't get any benefit from government here, unlike other castes, we have to study well and settle abroad". That is also expectation from families.

The above comment is downvoted, maybe for sounding pro-upper-caste? But the statement is true.

This is the exact reason I moved out. Why would I migrate to foreign land if I feel there would be equal opportunity in India.

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