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Secondly, it's not moral policing if I have a stand against brain drain. It's plain and simple nationalism.
Lastly, seriously, why abroad? Life is great here.
1. You say there is a 'mindless glorification' of going abroad and yet you practice the same for life here. If you think your last line '[W]hy abroad? Life is great here.' is neither glorification nor mindless, congratulations you have successfully scammed yourself into chains that you will never notice because you never move (so you do not feel the chains and they do not make a sound).
2. If your answer to brain drain is forced patriotism instead of striving for better conditions overall to make India attractive for top talent, congratulations you have scammed yourself of intellect for a second time. If you attempt to fix the symptom (brain drain) instead of the disease (that the Indian system simply is not good enough socially/economically), you will keep on trying for the next one hundred years while all talent moves out of India to rightfully produce incredible value in countries where their talent is actually valued.
Just so that I am honest to myself here, I work abroad and am dying to come to India because of aging parents, but every time I look at the prospects there, I am depressed. Even a simple thing as a bank certificate or passport either requires me to go from pillar to post or to bribe everyone involved. Not to mention that I would have no universal healthcare (I have quite the list of medical conditions requiring constant care) or functional public transport/high speed rail or good air quality or actual work-life balance. My twenty year old self would laugh at me saying this, but public services are cheaper (and phenomenal) abroad.
1. Area of practice: What is your area of specialization? I've done PE VC transactions at a boutique firm for a few years. I'd like your view on whether you recommend I now get some experience at a T1 law firm or in-house at a VC firm. Do keep in mind my goal is to move abroad after a year or two at this next job.
2. Foreign LLM: Is it necessary if I want to work at a firm in Europe?
3. Language: Assuming you're in continental Europe, did you have to learn the country's language after you moved there?
Many thanks again for your time!