Indians Abroad Eye Election Role as Rape Hits Nation’s Image
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Shalini Gupta became so disgusted with news of gang rapes and corruption scandals in India that she left her job as a management trainer in Chicago and returned to her homeland after three decades of living overseas.
“The sad state of affairs is what convinced me to come back,” said Gupta, 55, a non-resident Indian, or NRI, who is volunteering for the anti-graft Aam Aadmi Party. “There’s been a complete breakdown of law and order here, with scams every other day, crimes against women, criminals in parliament. It’s really shocked NRIs and made us want to get involved.”