Prada Kolhapuris, styled with shorts, track pants, and polo-neck knits cost around £1,000—over Rs 1 lakh. In India, the chappals sell for a humble Rs 800.
The formula is predictable—a global luxury house picks a location that’s desi, but with training wheels. Extra points if British royalty once passed by it in a carriage.
Advice comes at a time when India accounts for a 5th of global generic drug supply & 40% of generics used in US. However, this strength in finished formulations relies on imported ingredients.
In FY 2025-26, AoN for 55 proposals amounting to Rs 6.73 lakh cr has been accorded by DAC. Both the quantum of AoN given and capital contracts signed, so far, have been the highest in any FY.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
Fashion houses across the world are filled with morons of the first order.