Our Uber driver will leave Australia and return to India
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326433)
Rockingham, Australia
December 17, 2018 12:20am CST
We went to a function in Perth on the weekend and stayed with a friend in Fremantle. We called an Uber taxi to take us to the function centre. The driver was an Indian complete with turban. He had been in Australia for ten years and had recently returned from a visit back to the Punjab to visit his parents. As they were now growing elderly, he was planning to return to India to live.
His children were thrilled with the idea as they would be much freer to roam and make a lot of noise. They’d also be able to have some pets. Although they lived in a house in Perth I gather pets and making a lot of noise were not compatible with where they lived. His parents loved interacting with the children and would tell them many stories at night.
Before he came to Australia our driver had been a teacher. He intended to do a course here so that he would have evidence of his ability to teach English to Indian tertiary students who might want to come to Australia to study.
So in twenty minutes we learnt a lot about this man and his family. I found it interesting that the family intended to return to India to live. The pull of family can be very strong but at least he didn’t mention that the snakes, spiders and crocodiles had put him off living here.
I don’t have a photo of India but here is one of a Nepalese classroom out in the open. Notice the lady passing by with her load of firewood
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19 responses
@topffer (42156)
• France
17 Dec 18
I would say that is what are doing 90% of the Indians from Puducherry having opted for the French citizenship : they come in France to work and go back to Puducherry to retire, a place where even a small French pension permits to live better than in France.
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@allknowing (130233)
• India
17 Dec 18
Many NRIs from all over the globe are returning n to India perhaps for better prospects.
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@just4him (307688)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
17 Dec 18
That's great he wants to return to India to be near his elderly parents.
I really need to look closely at your pictures. A simple glance looked like a tree, your mention that the 'tree' was a woman with a load of firewood, made me look again and laugh at myself.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
17 Dec 18
Many Uber drivers in New Zealand also come from India and even technicians from communications companies too.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
18 Dec 18
@JudyEv That's good. I think Indian are almost everywhere like the Chinese and Koreans.
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@JudyEv (326433)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Dec 18
@sunrisefan We have a lot of most nationalities here now.
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@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
17 Dec 18
Every person usually misses his home town
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@JudyEv (326433)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Dec 18
Yes, family ties sometimes get stronger as we get older. The same is true of our home country.
so this is surely not the reason. Many workers want to go back to their native country, this all over the world.
@JudyEv (326433)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Jan 19
Yes, it is a Nepalese class having their less on under a tree.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
18 Dec 18
Many of the India people here run gas stations.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
17 Dec 18
Usually it's the other way ,people leave for employment.
The parents must be very happy.
I hope one day you visit our country.
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@JudyEv (326433)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Dec 18
Maybe he left for employment but now he is in a position to be able to go home. My friends visited India and loved it. It is a fascinating country. I think I would find the heat quite trying.
@JudyEv (326433)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Dec 18
@responsiveme I'll bear that in mind if I ever get the chance to visit. 
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
18 Dec 18
@JudyEv you have to visit October to April.
Not in the summer or monsoon months.
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@JudyEv (326433)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Jan 19
There are limits though. Here are the older boys crammed into a room. There is barely room for a sheet of paper each.
@JudyEv (326433)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Dec 18
Many people have very interesting stories don't they?
@JudyEv (326433)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Dec 18
It is isn't it? However he did speak very quickly and for once, Vince was battling to get a word in edgeways. 
@JudyEv (326433)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Dec 18
The pull of family can be very strong. It's nice he is going back to help care for his parents as they age.
@JudyEv (326433)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Dec 18
That's true and they will live much more cheaply in India.
