India, Nov. 22 -- When SK Sayal, at the age of 47 moved to Gurugram almost a decade ago, he arrived with the confidence of a veteran builder and the sentimentality of a Delhi resident. After spending more than thirty years working in the real estate sector, developing projects such as Gurgaon One in Sector 22A and Central Park on Golf Course Road, in 2010 Sayal decided to move to the city he had helped shape..

What he admires most about Gurugram is its restless energy, pace of construction, gleaming corporate corridors, and the cultural atmosphere created by migrants from across India. Sayal says, "Gurugram caters to every class, every ambition. It is the embodiment of the modern India I envisioned. But growth has come with its strains. ...