New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- After more than 13 years of building a career across some of America's most prestigious institutions, Dr Neeraja Nagarajan has done what many Indian professionals abroad only ever talk about - she moved back home for good. And she wants people to know exactly why.

In a LinkedIn post that has since struck a chord online, the former McKinsey & Company associate partner opened up about trading a well-established life in the United States for a fresh start in Chennai, three months after relocating permanently. By her own admission, almost nobody around her thought it was a wise move. "Every rational framework - and most well-meaning mentors - said stay," she noted, before going on to explain, point by point, why she didn...