As we’ve come to see, the Japanese minority makes for more than half of Gurgaon’s expatriate community. The migration started with companies like Suzuki setting up shop. Slowly, as big-wigs such as Toshiba, Honda and Toyota entered Manesar through Gurgaon, so did their skilled work-force who—although happy to be here—found their own little ways to make this home.
We looked at some of the ways that Japanese businesses and services have helped build a home away from home within this dusty Haryana town.