Can you be an Indian living outside India Permanently?

If you ask this question to anybody, answer you get will be “Yes, definitely. Why not?” But have you ever thought over this seriously?
As a matter of fact, I have been thinking over this since last few years. With increasing usages of words like: migration, duel citizen, global village etc. in our conversation, sometimes you feel uncomfortable. I have met quite a few people outside India. These people have been living outside India since last 10-20 years and almost settled in their respective countries. Trust me, in 99% of the cases, these people are still thinking about time spent in their own motherland. It is true that these people are earning a lot (as compared to what they might have earned here) in dollars/euros/pounds/yens etc. They are leading a lavish lifestyle which they used to dream. They own posh bungalows, cars, speedboats and what not. Their dreams have come true but somewhere deep in their mind they are missing their own people. And this I am telling you after having serious chats with those people. These people want to travel to India as much time as possible. They want to spend lot of time with their people here. Sure, they crib about current affairs, politics, infrastructure and hell lot of other problems in our country. They want their children to be raised as Indians with flavor of Indian culture. They are sometimes or rather most of the times worried about their children. These people will try to celebrate festivals in order to teach their children their roots. But how much it can help?
There can be lot of debates on this. Someone might point to lack of opportunities and fierce competition here. It is true up to some extent. But is that only reason to stay away and keep on shrinking?
Sure, there are going to be some exceptional cases as well. And, I am not talking about exceptional cases. I am talking about average cases. I am not saying that you should not go abroad and earn money. If you get the opportunity they you should. But it will be better if you decide your own roadmap down the line and then act accordingly. It will be more difficult for you if you get confused. So think over this. Sooner or later this question is going to haunt you so better be prepared.
As they say, ‘Home is where your heart is.”. So if your heart is here and your home is outside India, then I doubt whether you will get eternal happiness. And yes, if your home and heart both are with you, then one need not worry about these things. It means your case is also exceptional.
Ultimately, everyone wants to stop his/her journey where it began. And life takes it own course. A bird can fly as much high as it can in the sky, but eventually it has to return to its nest where it belongs.

Cheers,
Amol.