Americans want to invest here but young Indians ‘bitten by bug to travel’, says Nithin Kamath; netizens disagree

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The Washington Post had reported. According to Open Doors International, the number of Indian students during the period has jumped by 35 percent as against the preceding year. Kamath's social media post went viral, garnering over 463,000 views at the time of publishing this report.

An array of netizens marked their disagreement with his views. “Americans (are) investing in India for monetary rewards. Indian students (are) escaping India for lifestyle rewards.

Two things are not same & there is no dichotomy (sic)," a user, identified as Zafar Shaikh, tweeted. “Americans want to earn by investing in India and those who are investing are already rich Americans, but young Indians are migrating for better lifestyle. There is huge income disparity between rich and middle/lower middle class, so both aspects cannot be compared," another user, by the name of Kavita, added.

“It’s not a dichotomy. The Indian students travel to study and work abroad. They earn in $ and send back for investments in India as well because of the growth promise.

The bug is really mostly about the higher income opportunities, better corp experience and quality of life. Americans invest in India for the higher return profile as well," Manuj Jindal, an X user who identified himself as an IAS officer, commented beneath Kamath's post. “Americans placing their bets on India's economic roulette wheel, while young Indians roll the dice in the American dream.