Hyderabad, Nov. 13 -- An NRI from Chennai who lives in Sydney took to Reddit to rant on the judgment they face for 'abandoning' their roots and settling abroad for a better life.

The user stated that he has been living in Sydney for 25 years, and he rarely ever talks about life outside due to the response he gets.

"I don't talk about my life in Sydney because most people think NRIs arepulutheeswho talk only about their foreign life," he wrote. Pulutheesis a Tamil slang or a street term often used in a derogatory manner to call someone out for being pretentious, arrogant, or fake.

"I also know some of my friends work in IT and are tryingfor onsite opportunities, so I don't glorify NRI life in case they feel bad. So when someone asks me ...