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Four years ago, when Rishab went to the United States of America (USA)
to pursue his dream of studying abroad, for most of his friends and kin, he was
on an academic stint.
A foreign university degree is always considered to be a feather in the
cap and with that ideology, his proud parents saw him off at Bangalore airport
in 2009.
Last year when, Rishab came back after a successful degree from the
esteemed Michigan University most saw him from an onlooker’s perspective. A
much more ‘polished’ Rishab was back home with a precious degree, oodles of
experience and a high-paying job! His dream was fulfilled.
But the thing that many failed to see was the new outlook of life Rishab
carried back home. In his pursuit of making a better life and achieving a dream
career, Rishab had lived a life in the foreign land. A life of an outsider, a
life of a guest! A life where he was embraced on some occasions and taken aback
on many.
Like Rishab, many who go abroad to garner a foreign degree come back home with far more than just the education experience. Their bags are not just full of foreign clothes and a lucrative degree but a bag full of memories.
Let’s run through the mind of Rishab and many like him, who in their pursuit of a dream abroad, invariably, traverse an inner journey. A journey of the unknown which leaves one enlightened and wanting for more after it ends.
In India, the facets of life offered are that of the extremes. The
diversity is not just cultural but also infrastructural! Hence, the tall
buildings, the exuberant malls fail to intimidate us as the life of a
miniaturist exists in parallel. But that is not the case abroad. The large
structures, the wide roads, the huge university campus are enough to intimidate
and excite a student on his dream journey.
Life abroad, especially in countries like US and UK, has so much to
offer that every day; a new enlightening awaits an individual. Be it the food,
the culturally diverse sect of people or the ‘open’ mentality- for an Indian
student, everything is new.
Many who have spent a considerable period of life abroad, say that the
value of home and family is realised more once one steps out of the boundaries
of the house. When you are in an altogether foreign land, making adjustments
with the new environment, people and food habits, the ‘home sickness’ is
unavoidable. After a daylong stay at the college amidst books, when a student
returns to his room, the feeling of being away from home seeps in the most.
When you are in a foreign land, you are a foreigner to the natives. Most
students Studying abroad do go through the phase, where they spend
their time addressing the curiousness of their fellow students. Their curiosity
often breaks the ice and thus helps make new friends.
While you spend years in a university abroad, it is natural for the
place to become your home. Your roomie, the cafeteria nanny, the hostel peon-
all turn out to be part of your extended family. Unfortunately, for most of us,
we have to part ways with these new found loved ones. When one returns back
home from a foreign academic experience, these relationships are left on the
other side of the shore.
To sum it up, while one is on a dream journey of a better life abroad,
he/ she has travelled a journey into a world outside which leads to an
anagnorisis of a life beyond the periphery of the academic life. We suggest,
given an opportunity, live your dream abroad to understand life, the larger
than life way! Avanse will be your guide during this phase.
We always aim to offer you competitive interest rates on your Avanse Education loan.
The rate of interest on your loan is calculated as: Interest Rate = Avanse Base Rate +
Spread.
Our current Base Rate is 14.25% (WEF 01.05.2023).
The Spread is floating and is based on analysis of overall credit and course profiling.
This rate is subject to the terms and conditions of Avanse Financial Services Ltd.