(from The Boston Globe, by John Dyer)

Some foreign-born residents of Boston's suburbs send their hard-earned paychecks home. Others earn a degree, sample American life and move on.

The Indian expatriates who make up the Next Generation Foundation do both. Taking cues from the American values of charity and equality they've observed here, they say, members of the group have banded together to build a school in India, one they say will help orphans overcome caste prejudices and other hurdles to economic advancement.

"When we come to this country, we admire the opportunities we have here," said Peo Nathan, president of the foundation and a software engineer who arrived in the United States in 1991 to attend the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. "A common topic around the water cooler for us is how to give back..." Click here to view full article.