{
  "id": 19605754,
  "title": "We left Big Tech jobs in California and moved back to India. We gave ourselves 2 years to decide if we should stay.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/we-left-big-tech-jobs-in-california-and-moved-back-to-india-we-gave",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-12T05:04:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/couple-moved-back-india-left-big-tech-jobs-meta-2026-11"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Chandana Shivanand and her husband, Prajwal, were working in Big Tech while living in California when they decided to relocate back to India. Both were born and raised in India, with Chandana moving to the US for a master's degree in electrical engineering. After working at Meta, they returned to India and started a nonprofit called Global Engineers Connect to support engineering students in rural India. Two years later, they sold their home in California for a profit and are now focusing on social impact, particularly in education, through their nonprofit.",
  "summary": "Instead of selling their California home, Chandana Shivanand and her husband rented it out, leaving open the option of returning if their move to India didn't work out.",
  "key_points": [
    "Chandana Shivanand and Prajwal moved back to India from California.",
    "They founded nonprofit Global Engineers Connect for rural Indian students.",
    "After two years, they sold California home for profit, focusing on education."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Qantas the latest in list of companies to outsource jobs to India",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/qantas-the-latest-in-list-of-companies-to-outsource-jobs-to-india",
        "published": "2026-11-12T01:09:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}