Indian immigrants in Florida are growing old in ways their parents never did

Anand Vihar in Pasco County is one of the first luxury retirement communities for Indian American immigrants

“We call him ‘young punk,’” Anil Shukla said, nudging Suresh Tijoriwal’s shoulder.

Tijoriwal laughed. The 74-year-old sat at the head of a table crowded with bottles of Stella Artois, paper plates of snacks and plastic cups of red wine. In the glass-walled portico, eight neighbors gathered for Wednesday evening happy hour, a tradition for nearly five years.

The men are from all over India: Mumbai, Shimla, Ahmedabad, Kolkata. They’ve spent decades raising families and building careers across the U.S. And now, they live at Anand Vihar, a 167-home community for Indian Americans over 55 in Wesley Chapel.

Many of Anand Vihar’s 300-plus residents were among the first to arrive in the U.S. after the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act removed quotas favoring European immigrants. Between 1960 and 1980, the number of Indian immigrants living in the U.S. grew from about 12,000 to 206,000, according to the Migration Policy Institute. In 2023, that number was over 3.2 million.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2025/08/12/indian-immigrants-florida-are-growing-old-ways-their-parents-never-did/

I think it's nice to see such culturally focused senior communities going up.