India, Sept. 2 -- Every year, millions of people dream of moving to the United States in search of better job opportunities, higher salaries and the promise of a better life. For many, the US symbolises growth and success. Yet, not everyone who makes it there chooses to stay.

Hemant Pandey and Vaashu Sharma quit their lucrative tech jobs in the United States and moved back to India in November 2024. In a conversation with Business Insider, the couple explained their reasons for wanting to move back to the motherland.

Hemant and Vaashu met during their master's programme in New York's Stony Brook University in 2016. In 2020, they decided to get married. Both of them knew that eventually, they wanted to move back to India.

"After we grad...