Party is over, NRIs flying back

"The 'winter homes' for NRIs have been an important factor in driving up the real estate prices, since real estate developers create luxury condominiums and villas with all 'foreign' facilities and style and then sell them at premium prices. Even the locals who can afford it want to upgrade their lifestyles and pay the steep prices. New housing estates have American names like Vermont, Palm Springs, Santa Monica, Key West and Norwood, among others. They come with lush green landscape, health club, clubhouse, nursery, shopping arcade, temple and round-the-clock water, power and security. One developer has gone so far as to announce a new project near Mumbai called - what else? - New York City! "

It's time to head back home for NRIs who came to India to enjoy the festive season. Now that Pongal, Uttarayan -, Lohri and Makar Sankranti are all over, NRIs are reconfirming their seats to get back. With Navratri in mid-October, NRIs start planning their India trips for Diwali and the New Year and return at the latest by mid- or end-January.

For those living in Canada, eastern and central US, Britain and Europe, this is the time of freezing winter while India has sunny weather - warm in southern India, cool in central India and cold in northern India. But even the chilly north has eight hours of sunshine almost every day while in Britain and Europe one may not see the sun for weeks during this period.

"So Punjabi NRIs prefer to spend their winters in India, sunning it out and enjoying the good life."

Source: rxpgnews.com/