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.
The Modi-Trump meeting in Evian produced few concrete outcomes, but its significance lay in preventing a further deterioration of India-US ties. After 16 months of tariffs, strategic disagreements and diplomatic friction, the bilateral offered a pause in tensions. Whether it evolves into genuine trust remains the central question.
SIPRI data shows Netherlands is Pakistan’s second-largest arms supplier after China, and that Islamabad is second-largest importer of Swedish weapons, after Brazil.
It’s a perfectly reasonable presumption that Modi will be around for a significant enough time for us to reflect on the challenges that lie ahead. I will list five.
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