I am delighted to bring you the June 2026 edition of India’s World, on Indian business going global. If you are wondering what business has to do with foreign policy, turn the pages.

Indian business is abroad now in a way it has never quite been before, buying steel mills and luxury car brands, refining other nations’ crude, parking its capital in Singapore, Mauritius, and the Netherlands. 
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INDIA AND THE GEOPOLITICS OF FASHION

Volume 2 Issue 7

July 2026

The Argument

Every major economy that used design as an instrument of power did one thing first: it named the capability. Each converted that name into an instrument of economic and reputational ...
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I am delighted to bring you the July 2026 edition of India’s World, on India and the geopolitics of global fashion. If you are wondering what fashion has to do with foreign policy, well, you will see in a few pages. In June 2025, Prada showcased a pair of toe-braided leather sandals on a Milan runway. They were Kolhapuri chappals with a price tag of a lakh, compared to the few hundred rupees the originals cost in India.

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The Last Word

A civilisation confident in itself need not fear engagement and absorption of external ideas