Everything changed for Yogendra ¡°Yogi¡± Puranik the day he attended a committee meeting in 2016 discussing a plan to create a version of Singapore¡¯s Little India district in Nishikasai, an area of Tokyo¡¯s Edogawa Ward that boasts a sizable Indian population.
As he tells it, Yogi was the ¡°only Indian from a professional background¡± taking part, the rest of the Indian representation being made up of restaurant owners, a reflection of the ¡°old diaspora.¡±
¡°They should¡¯ve been involving the professionals as well,¡± Yogi, now 42, tells The Japan Times referring to the new wave of migrants that consist of Indians working in IT and at multinational companies. ¡°These are the people who are struggling, and their experiences and suggestions matter.¡±
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