Dear Mr. Modi, my passport respectfully disagrees.
Asking Indians to skip foreign travel to "save" the rupee isn't economic policy. It's economic paternalism dressed up as patriotism.
The people flying to Bali and Bangkok are the same ones paying taxes here, earning in rupees, building businesses on Indian soil. They're not the problem.
And the irony is suffocating — this is the same government that runs Incredible India campaigns begging foreigners to spend here. Foreign exchange is a win when they bring it in. A crisis when we take it out.
Here's the real question: why are Indians choosing Phuket over Pondicherry? Because the infrastructure and experience aren't comparable yet. That's not the traveller's fault. That's unfinished homework.
If the rupee is struggling, fix monetary policy. Don't ask a 28-year-old saving for her first Europe trip to carry the weight of macroeconomic mismanagement on her backpack.
Build better experiences. Make India impossible to leave.
Until then — see you in Europe.