Dieter Withoeck

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About this episode

Belgian expat Dieter Withoeck — over 14 years in India across three assignments, and married to host Sabiya Pathan Withoeck — returns to Rooted and Routed for a conversation about collective vs individualist societies, and the way the two of them have quietly swapped roles: he feels at home in India, she often doesn't. They discuss the rarely-talked-about difficulty of returning to your home country, reintegration for NRIs, and the wave of Belgian brands now building locally for the Indian market.

About the guest

Dieter Withoeck

Dieter Withoeck is a Belgian expat with 16+ years of life abroad across Sweden, Italy, the US, and India. Married to an Indian, he has navigated solo, married, and family stages of the expat journey, and speaks of becoming 49 percent Indian through deep cultural adaptation. His experience spans consulate engagement, workplace dynamics across cultures, and the evolving meaning of home.

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