Living out Dreams --> Brain Drain

“Give me you’re tired, you’re poor, you’re huddled masses yearning to breathe free” these are the words inscribed on the statue of liberty in NewYork. But Surprisingly, those who go there are not the poor and the wretched but, the skilled and the highly qualified Doctors, Engineers, Scientists, Nurses and Technicians from other countries including India. The urge to go to the west has become compelling in India in post independent years. Mainly the world wars, civil wars and revolutions spawned large migration. People in power like scientists and skilled persons have from the very beginning, played a key role in international migration.


But did ever any one wonder what is “Brain Drain”???


Yes, The Oxford dictionary referred says ‘The phenomenon of gaining qualified and skilled personnel at the cost of the donor country” is generally termed Brain Drain. Perhaps the most important reason for the Brain Drain phenomenon is an educational pattern which does not serve the needs of the country and the others are unrecognized or unrewarded talents and lack of job opportunities for the trained professionals. Besides all the desire to earn salaries that were undreamt and enjoying a lifestyle that’s a cocktail of content and westernization is more seen to be the objective of migrants.


Today we see people and papers project that social and economic revolution is enriching and transforming India which seem to be good sign .But you see we are still far down the line to Americans. The fact is that we are no less to Americans but yet, we don’t realize that we need to work, contribute and expend our skill in improvising our country before providing crutches for others to run their lives. It’s not the rounded figures that you get credited with every month or the Contented lifestyle that you experience that counts your life and profession worthy. But, wake up and understand the fact that u cannot work at the cost of your lifeblood that other countries invest to blow up there economies.



I don’t want any one losing there cool during reading this post. but, accept that even before we work for someone we need to work for our country. Idea of working and pursuing abroad is no wrong, and then we have an even more responsible challenge in putting and seeing our nation on the list of developed countries. We have a productive generation with more possibilities and choices than were available to the previous generation. Today when we can build roads, airports, power plants and what not. Why cannot we strive for building our nation, where we got the roots from? From the land to the space Indians have proven to be the most skilled intellectuals. Let the mark of ours remain inscribed on our sands.


A few may not approve my discussion, But we should drive in our potentials, talents and energies catering to our nations needs when we can and should do better for ourselves and our country.


Let’s Live to our Dreams and not Out.