Across the world, immigration is losing its welcome mat. From Washington to Berlin, visa regulations tighten and rhetoric hardens. For many Indians who once saw a foreign degree or a Silicon Valley job as the surest path to success, the calculation is changing. An increasing number will choose to stay back or even return home. That shift could be a once-in-a-generation windfall of talent. But the uncomfortable question is: are we ready to absorb it?

To answer that, we must first confront why Indians leave in the first place. It is not just about wages. People leave because they seek a better quality of life and a professional ecosystem that rewards ambition. Unless we can offer something close to that at home, we will fail to convert this reverse migration into economic strength. The US a

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