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There are at least 32,000 Britons now living in India, according to new research - and it is the economy that is sucking them in, a twist of migration history between the two countries.
About a year ago, Dalbir Bains quit as a buying director for British Home Stores in London - and moved to India's financial capital Mumbai to open her own lingerie store.
Swapping a great underwear retailing institution for launching her own shop did not go down very well with her parents - not least because she was reversing the journey they themselves had made. In the 1960s they had left India for England to lead a better life - and to provide more opportunities to their children.
"They were really shocked and I'd say probably slightly disappointed as well," says Dalbir. "For their generation England was the land of opportunity.
"What they don't really understand is that England no longer holds great opportunities. Even though it is a great place to live in, the real land of opportunity, is India, is China. They are the progressive countries where you can really make a difference."
Dalbir believes her timing could not have been better as India's economy is booming.
Boom time for India
And it's probably the key reason why so many Britons, many of them from Asian families, are looking for opportunities.
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