
Originally Posted by
gimmethesimplelife
Your post reminds me of a recent article I read. A young man who owed over 100K in student loans - his father gave him money to flee the US. He went to India, claims to have found love (?), married an Indian woman and I don't know Indian immigration laws, here - but India allowed him to stay. He said that there was A LOT of adjustment but he loves India and his new life and has no intention of returning to the US ever. Now some background - he's in Chennai and not overwhelming Delhi or Mumbai. He also had some medical issues and quickly found hIgh quality affordable health care with him being in control as it's out of pocket. The lower cost of living overall works for him, too. I will say that I'm sure there's culture shock - lots of it - involved, similar to when I was in Morocco.
But I can understand where this young man is coming from and I consider him a role model for young men in extreme debt and no real options - though having his father pay his way to India and some extra sure helped. Not everyone has that, you know?
So here is an act of activism also quite powerful in it's timely and realistic message - and no murder involved. Rob