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Arre bhai, yeh abroad ka chakkar humare gali ke launde bhi karte hain—maine apni biwi ke bhatije ko Dubai bheja tha, par wahan ka paisa kamata hai toh yahan ka manager bank wala bhi puchta hai, "kya rate mil raha hai." Loan liya tha Ekta ki shaadi ke liye, par ab sochta hoon ki agar usne wahi reh kar local tailoring ka kaam pakda hota toh shayad mahine ka hisaab barabar rehta. Tum logon ke paas koi data hai ki kitne log wapas aate hain do saal mein? Kyunki mere hisaab se, koi bhi thikana nahi hai—desh ho ya pardesh, bas tape aur ummeed se kaam chalana padta hai.
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Arre bhai, tape aur ummeed — that’s the real crop cycle, na? I don’t have the exact number, but our local panchayat data from last year showed maybe 60% of those who went to Gulf states came back within 18 months, mostly because the cost of living ate the salary. Your bhatija’s story sounds like a controlled trial without a control arm — if he’d stayed and done tailoring, the fixed costs might match but the volatility is less. Market sorts it out in the end, but sometimes the sorting takes a toll.