In this episode, I sit down with Ravi Handa — ex teacher turned edtech founder (his business was acquired by Unacademy), who FIRE'd at 40 and now lives in Jaipur — to make the case for why most ambitious young Indians should seriously consider leaving the country.We cover two big things. First, the move-abroad argument: why he thinks you should take a decade-plus view rather than a 2–5 year one, why India's growth story can be intact while still being a worse bet for you as an individual, and the quality-of-life basics India doesn't deliver even for the 1% — clean water, clean air, unadulterated food, and education beyond the top 5% of institutions. We get into "scarcity mindset" and "crab mentality," why taxes feel like a raw deal for the top 2%, who this advice actually applies to (and why it's easier the higher up the ladder you are), and why 35 is roughly the deadline.Then we pivot to FIRE — the five lucky breaks that let him retire at 40, why you shouldn't anchor on retiring at 35 or 40, how cost of living in India is "not a monolith" (Jaipur vs Bangalore), and why he's building again despite preaching financial independence.More on Ravi ,Handa Uncle : https://www.handauncle.com/Twitter : https://x.com/ravihanda?lang=enLinkedin : https://in.linkedin.com/in/ravihandaInstagram : https://www.instagram.com/ravihanda/?hl=enFacebook : https://www.facebook.com/ravihanda/YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/user/ravihandaPodcast Socials :Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/decentmakeoverTwitter : https://twitter.com/decentmakeovrLinkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-dsouza-74542b295/PODCAST INFO:Podcast website: https://anchor.fm/ryandsouzaApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3NQhg6SSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3qJ3tWJAmazon Music: https://amzn.to/3P66j2BGoogle Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3am7rQcGaana: https://bit.ly/3ANS4v1RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/609210d4/podcast/rss