Yes, I Belong Here

It’s almost dreamy to study in a prosperous North American university, where they welcome foreign students and enable them to become sponges for knowledge. North America offers great promise for study abroad students from developing societies. The students not only gain knowledge and learn about new traditions, but they form enduring friendships.


Yes, I Belong Here traces the life of author Dhir Dayal, an international student who traveled abroad for higher studies and earned three graduate degrees. He conveys his serendipitous experiences while pursuing his studies in North America. Dayal exposes his life to future foreign students who might benefit in charting their journey in an environment radically different from their motherland.


In this memoir, Dayal discusses what American university life was like for him, a student who had grown up in a small village in India. He shares the ups and downs, the joys and challenges, and the expected and unexpected as he charted his own course for educational achievements.