highrises rangaswamy srinivasan pioneered lasik eye surgery haren gandhi engineered cutting edge automotive technology c kumar patel did seminal work on lasers there are hundreds of such distinguished gen exersin many cases these golden oldies belong to a truly lost generation their abcds american born confident desis are married and gone they have little contact with nextgen grandchildren most of them would be happy to give their expertise to india in the final stretch of their careers they seek no returns but they have been disconnected from india for many years it may be worth indias time to connect to them again