India, Aug. 30 -- He stumbled upon Gurugram in a way that he said he could have never planned. His company, Nagarro, moved to the city before he did - shifting around 2000 from a modest floor above a shop in Delhi's Rajdhani Enclave to a shed in Udyog Vihar. At the time, it was a bold step for a 25-person start-up, said Manas Human.

Looking back, he said he could not have known how deeply the city would shape both his professional journey and his identity as a citizen, husband, and father. "The city became home for both Nagarro and me. The company grew into thousands of people. But I stayed rooted in the same apartment in South City 1. It's where I met my wife, where our children were born, and where I realised they, too, could proudly c...