Hi welcome to this forum. it is engaging and informative as you have already mentioned.
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Originally Posted by maniks  Hi Ladies,
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let us go by part.
lived in the scotland. i assume you vacation every year or alternate. if not i would suggest you visit both chennai and madurai. there has been lot of developments in both the places.
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My boys are 11 and 9. I am planning to move to India preferably Chennai or Madurai in the next academic year.
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good for you that your boys are in a age, where they can easily adapt even if they do have problems initially.
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I come purely for Indian exposure.
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what do you mean by Indian exposure. do you mean academics, cultural or the indian environment. cultural, there is definitely a big gap between what nri's think india is and what india is.
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Recently my husband is registered for his higher studies and will be committed to live in UK for next 3 years.
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I assume you want to stay in india for the next 3 years, so that your DH can pursue his studies.
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I am very scared for not knowing the unknowns. Is there any safe areas to live in chennai?.
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Define unknowns. nothing remains unknown for long dear. necessity makes you go ahead. safe is a subjective term.
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Again I have to look at the schools in that chosen safe area(if any exist).
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Personally would suggest chose the school and then look for the safe area.
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Is it manageable to both work(part time) and taking care of children.
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I would say, take some time off, concentrate on helping and smoothing your kids transition and then look out.
Is there any NRI living alone with children with same experience.
I am one if i can say so. but i had a set up in chennai. i returned from the gulf because of a commitment .I have a 14 year old daughter who studies in 9th and a 11+ son who is in 6th.
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For this reason my husband prefers to put them in a boarding school in any hill station which will take away the factors like heat, extra activities etc.
I am looking for places to live in Chennai. Not a palace . since I have to live alone, I require some secure area.
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two different choices. let us look at it practically, chennai is hot, hotter and hottest (though it is raining because of a depression as i type this.) but once your kids get acclimatised they are going to be fine. it is only us the elders who have mental blocks (I suppose, i maybe wrong too.)
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Both of them are UK citizen and so am I. So, I need to start everything from scratch, like ration card(if needed) etc.
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if you are planning to return back to scotland,then i don't think you need a ration card. but if you are going to establish indian residentship as laks09 says you can definitely apply for one.
If you are thinking of ration card for address proof, the indian government has come out with better ideas. you can get a address proof from your local post office, after establishing your self in a area and going and applying and paying the fees.
WEll apart from these, I would say go through a few discussions, like
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analyse your preferences, available options, pros and cons and then talk to your kids .
Do come back with your questions and thought process.
irts are developing like anything...All their kids and family are comfortably settled here..Most of the schools have full Air conditioned facility too..Education wise i have nothing to say..Hope you know the standards of our place..Just Great....
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