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There are about 600+ answers on this thread, many of them with stories and facts that are of much more relevance. But I will still contribute my first little experience of how India really is changing under PM Modi.I have been living in Europe since 2012 and have visited India only thrice ever since. Dr. Manmohan Singh was still the Prime Minister and Congress ruled India when I left.So I have witnessed the last years of Congress when India was in misery, the high drama elections of 2014 (I was in San Francisco for an internship in those months), the rise of Modi and his rule ever since, as a distant but vigilant and dedicated audience from whichever country/continent I have been in.To this day, my day starts with ‘news in India’ and ends with the same before going to bed.I was a student in Sweden when it was still the Congress government in India and I remember my only visit to the Indian Embassy in Stockholm (in May 2013) and my pathetic experience there. I had decided never to trust these guys (Indian embassies in general) to help unless I was absolutely desperate.Then came the new regime and all that we all have witnessed - a big change.I have been an avid traveler in life and I always carry my (Indian) passport whenever I travel (even within Germany where I currently live). I was going to visit Lisbon last year, over a weekend. It was my first ever visit to Portugal and I was travelling solo. It was a direct flight from Düsseldorf (DUS) to Lisbon (LIS) on Friday evening which I planned to take after work and a late Sunday evening flight back to Düsseldorf.I had moved into my new apartment, was tired by assembling all the IKEA furniture the whole week and my stuff was all here and there. I reached airport directly from work and mindlessly went through check-in & security. Now, it was a Eurowings flight (within the Schengen Region) and I already had my boarding pass in my phone and I did not come across anybody who asked for an ID. Even at the gate, I just scanned my boarding pass from my phone and boarded the flight. My passport and Blue Card are always in a particular purse of mine (even at home) and I carry that one when I travel so I “knew” that I had them.The flight is peaceful, I take a nap till the pilot announces that we are going to land. I gather my stuff (jacket, book, phone etc.) to put it in my purse and while doing so, to my horror, notice that my passport is missing. OMG. My Blue Card (Residence Permit) is still there, but no passport. I had forgotten it in Düsseldorf.Now, though they hardly check at the DUS airport, I wasn’t so sure about the Lisbon one! And it is a disaster to be out of your country of residence without your passport anyway! Especially Portugal, where they have so many problems with illegal immigrants. I knew they would definitely check when I take my return flight. A flight going from Portugal to Germany would have an ID check, definitely.I land at around 5:45 pm in Lisbon and quickly connect to a McDonald’s WiFi and try calling the Indian Embassy through Skype Credit. No answer - they had closed for the weekend. I have such a sinking feeling in my heart, remembering the pathetic experience in Stockholm and feeling that they’ll just be mean to me for having forgotten my passport. Besides, I had a very important training on Monday at work that I could simply not afford to miss. I was imagining all the embarrassment I would feel while calling up my boss and telling him what happened. My boss at that time was an awesome guy, by the way. I knew he would understand and morally support me and will want me to be back home safely first…but I really did not want to miss that training. I had been so looking forward to it.Anyway, so when none of the calls are answered, I man up to the situation and decide to enjoy my stay in Lisbon and resolve the matter with calm and poise. I write the embassy an email asking for help and go to my hostel to relax.I meet one of the most interesting people I have ever met in my life in the kitchen there. A Spanish-Ethiopian guy, cancer survivor, who has visited all the countries in the world and is on his Round 2 of this world. We become good friends. He looks at my sad face, listens to my story and laughs.“Come on, this is not even a problem! You won’t die, be jailed or something!”…“Yeah, right! Say that when you don’t have a Spanish passport! You don’t know how our embassies treat our own citizens! And it had to happen to me in LISBON of all places. I’m sure they won’t even check my email till next month maybe! God knows what I’ll do if they insist on a passport at the airport on Sunday!”Luckily enough, they did let me go with just the Blue Card at the Lisbon Airport. The lady at the gate asked me for “ID and Passport”. The flight was delayed and they were all in a hurry to do the boarding. I just kept my body-language confident, and flashed my Blue Card to her through the wallet which was still in my hand. From the looks of it, a Blue Card is similar to the national IDs that European countries have so she apparently thought I was a German citizen and let me go!The above screenshot is of the Email I received from the Embassy at 10:56 pm on the night of that Sunday when my flight had just landed in Düsseldorf. I saw it the next morning.The caring language in it actually made me burst out in tears. The fact that they sent it on a Sunday night, that they actually had a sense of concern for a fellow citizen in need of help on foreign land was all overwhelming. The knowledge that I could count on them for help - I can’t explain in words the security that one response provided. The realization of how it feels to belong to a country that has started to care for its citizens, the pride and security you feel when you know they have your back!I have always carried my Indian passport with pride. Always have, always will. I consider it to be my most valued possession. But this incident made me feel like the love was reciprocated (I know this sounds so emotional!).This was my first real taste of how India was (is) changing.Jai Hind.

I don't think that Indians are sad about Sundar Pichai's US citizenship. In fact, Indians are proud of him. He has been in that top position by his hard work and talent.Brain drain has become a major concern of the developing countries especially, India. The term, which was emerged in 1960s when the skilled workforce started emigrating from the poor countries to the rich countries in search of better job opportunities and living conditions, became a hot topic of discussion over the years.These days, most of the developed countries act like organizations. When they fail to find good, talented and skilled workers in their country, they attract the highly skilled and qualified people from other countries. It’s very obvious that the skilled Indians prefer US Green Cards and EU Blue Cards over the not-so-attractive pay checks and average living conditions of a developing country like India.This is statistics of of brain drain:So until and unless India becomes a leader in research and innovation, this is bound to happen. Till then we should be proud of the Indians who are making it big at the world stage.

As far as I'm aware that would be the Netherlands.There are two very important things addressed by dutch immigration policy:Clear and simple legal definition of the term "highly-skilled worker" making visa/work-permit application process lot simpler.The Dutch 30% ruling - to compensate the disadvantage of being a lonely stranger in unfamiliar environment.1) Proving someone is a highly-skilled worker is very complicated procedure in many countries. Sometimes it can take years to spend and piles of documents to submit. Netherlands simplified this part and defined a highly-skilled worker as a person who's salary in Netherlands expected to be:at least equivalent to 1.5 times the amount of the average gross annual salary in the countryat least equivalent to 1.2 times the amount of the average gross annual salary in the country for advanced professions like mathematicians, software developers, software-engeneers, scientists and etc.So basically dutch decided: If some company in Netherlands agreed to pay an immigrant a salary way above the average in the country, then this person must be a highly-skilled professional.As a result the only document immigrant needs to provide to prove his high skills is a job contract with a future employer in Netherlands.Dutch Program - EU Blue CardEU Blue Card Network2) The Dutch 30% rulingLiving abroad can be tricky. At first you are not familiar with local laws and business practices. You signed a bad rental contract because you didn't know this default thing that everybody knows. You messed up with your health-card when lost some pink piece of paper required for a refund because you didn't expect it to be important... Making simple mistakes will cost you money.You can't temporary move back to your parent's apartment if things get ugly. There are no relatives to take care of your cat while you are spending a week in a hospital after a car accident. Regular life difficulties can become an emergency when you are in a foreign country. To address this issue Netherlands introduced 30% tax ruling:The Dutch 30 percent ruling explainedIncome tax in the NetherlandsOn practice it means that if you are a highly-skilled immigrant worker 30% of your gross income will not be taxed. So 30% of your income goes directly to your pocket, and then the rest 70% are a subject of taxation.