Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state Gujaratis decking up to host Japanese PM Shinzo Abe. Ahmedabad’s potholed roads are getting a quick makeover while the state’s bureaucrats are having new visiting cards printed in Japanese.

The grand plans are being seen reciprocation of the hospitality the Japanese PM extended to his Indian counterpart in November 2016. Abe, who lands here on Wednesday, will be treated to authentic Japanese and Gujarati food, though a tête-à-tête a la the Indian PM and Chinese President Xi Jinping, might not take place, ...