[Raj_Copi_Jin]

Please do not generalize on the basis of your personal experience. Children in my family enjoy extended family and we visit India every other year.
I think the PIO's maintain the culture more.

Dear Prasad,

you have to look at this from the next 2 generations !!. will they continue the Brahmin traditions/culture ( i am focussing on temples, pujas, sanskrit language/mantras, rituals, customs & NOT on dresses, drinking, eating habits etc..), most likely not.

can kids who are born & brought completely abroad marry someone from India & settle down - most likely not. so these kids initially look to marry brahmins settled in USA but cannot find a similar match, end up marrying outside.

as it is, their focus on tradition goes down since they dont have a large family to support them.

yes, yours may be an exception. but largely if you look at all the people who migrated in 50/60/70's, most of them are lost !! so when you look 2 gens from now, you will see the impact!

Cheers,
JK