LivemintA Reddit post titled “Finally decided to leave India” has sparked a heated discussion on social media, after a 27-year-old software engineer from Delhi shared why he’s choosing to move abroad, not for money, but for what he calls “basic dignity of life.”
The Reddit user, who says he works at a FAANG company and graduated from a tier-1 engineering college, described how repeated encounters with India’s bureaucracy, poor infrastructure and lack of accountability had “broken his love” for the country he once wanted to serve.
“I wanted to do good for my motherland, but I’m done”
In his post, shared on the r/delhi subreddit, the engineer wrote that he had always resisted the idea of moving abroad — until a recent personal experience made him feel powerless before the system.
“I had to fac