A non-resident Indian who’d been living in Ireland for a while recently moved back to his home country. The international switch quickly became less and less about emotions as everyday challenges, which he describes as “man made – artificially created issues,” became hurdles in his life. Things he never had to even think about soon turned into a crisis.

NRI moves back to India from Ireland

Taking to his social media profile on X, Akash Tiwari made a heartbreaking confession on Saturday evening. “Moving back to India has brought so many issues in my life, that I never had to worry about in Ireland,” he wrote on the platform.

He went on to list three aspects of daily life that had turned upside down after he moved back to India. Arguing that such issues shouldn’t be such troubles in the fire place, as there are a lot of “other important things in life” to worry about, he revealed electricity, Air Quality Index and traffic were the three major things he couldn’t stop obsessing over.

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According to his LinkedIn profile, Akash Tiwari his currently the manager of AI & Innovation Strategy at Coursera, a position he took just a week ago. Last month, he shared the word of his departure from Ireland on the professional SNS platform.

“This is my last month in Ireland,” he said. “I’ll be moving back to India after spending 3+ incredible years here.” While sharing the heartwarming message, he looked back at his time overseas, as he added, “What a beautiful country and even more wonderful people. Ireland will always have my heart.”

As per the comments under his LinkedIn posts, he appears to have had a connection with Delhi in the past, but his hometown is Kanpur, which is exactly where he is currently based. During his time in Ireland, he was professionally attached to Accenture.

Having made the switch back to India, the Kanpur native is now a Coursera employee. Prior to his Accenture job, he was also linked to EY at one point.

Challenges after India return

In his three-point argument, Tiwari first complained about electricity. “I am in Kanpur, and on an average there’s a power cut for 4-5 hours everyday,” he tweeted. “We don’t have electricity even at the time of writing this.”

He went to compare the situation with how things were in Ireland. “In Dublin, over my 3+ years of stay, electricity was cut for 15 mins, just once, to change my meter and I was notified about this cut 1 month in advance.”

Thereafter, he moved on to highlighting the air pollution crisis. Back in November, IQAir Live AQI City Rankings red-flagged New Delhi as the world’s most polluted capital city in the world. As of late November, the November 24 Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed that seven out of the Top 10 Worst Air Quality Rankings corresponding to cities or regions in the state of Uttar Pradesh, which is where Kanpur is located as well.

Moreover, think tank Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air determined that 14 of 20 cities in Uttar Pradesh have pollution levels that exceed the national limit in November, as per PTI’s report.

“Despite a significant reduction in stubble-burning influence, 20 out of 20 NCR cities recorded higher pollution levels than the previous year and many still did not register a single day within NAAQS limits,” said Manoj Kumar, analyst at CREA, as per the PTI report. “This clearly indicated that the dominant drivers are year-round sources such as transport, industry, power plants and other combustion sources. Without sector-specific emission cuts, cities will continue to breach standards.”

As for Tiwari’s third troubling factor, he listed “mad traffic and honking.”

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While Ireland surely has its own set of challenges, some users couldn’t helpt but point out that Tiwari’s complaint list would ultimately lead many to brand him as “anti national” for raising such questions.

“Hope no one asked you to ‘go back.’ People defend crooks instead of asking questions, and with that mindset it is hard to see this getting sorted anytime soon,” someone commented under the post. To this, the techie responded, “I am pretty sure, once my posts reach more people, I will hear “go back” more and more. I don’t judge them either – because I will go back, once (and if) my personal situation changes …Everything you have said is right.”

Some others flipped the question entirely, wondering why Akash Tiwari had come back to India. “Personal Reasons – My father passed away in July. I was in India for 4 months. Now, decided to move back completely to stay with my mom and sister,” he had already answered the query back in October under a post in which he bid Ireland farewell.