Too Close to Home There is an episode of the podcast This American Life called "too close to home", and shares a significant story about immigration. Scaachi Koul is a 28 years girl who was visiting her parents in Canadá. She was trying to learn Hindi, the mother tongue of their parents. Scaachi Koul did some interviews with her parents to understand what is the worst part of making a new life abroad. In other words, to live in a country, and with a culture that wasn't theirs. This text analyses some of these ideas. Opportunities are some advantages that many people can’t enjoy in their own country. That’s the reason Scaachi Koul’s family sought a better life abroad. She described this situation with this quote: "We had a house, two cars, a yard, university educations. We were middle class in Canada, all with traditional Hindu names. It was the Indian dream". They were reaching goals that would be impossible to imagine in India during that time. Canada was a new country where was worth living. On the other hand, there is a sacrifice for this life of success when you are an immigrant. You have to replace your language and culture for another. That was the experience of Scaachi Koul’s family. She grew up as a Canadian citizen who speaks English instead of Hindi. Their parents weren’t sure about the decision to impose her a culture that wasn’t there anymore. That was the reason Scaachi Koul only speaks English and decided to take classes in Hindi as an adult. She grew up with a feeling of loss about her origins. Indeed, she could understand that it was painful not only for her but especially for her mother; who was forced to speak in a language that took away the meaning that she wanted to say to her children. In conclusion, there are deep consequences of all our decisions. Immigrants have to handle the disjunctive between opportunities that can't find in their country and the adaptation to a different way of living. The worst part of that is when you sacrifice everything of your culture to adapt to another culture.