CREATIVE DIPLOMACY

When politics fails, send art.

Here's what I know: treaties break. Alliances shift. Ideologies rise and fall.

But when a Hindu-Jain family spends 300 years creating sacred art for Islam, that endures. When a jewelled tapestry depicting the Kaaba is woven by hands that pray to different gods, that rewires what people believe is possible.

This is Creative Diplomacy: the strategic use of art, cultural heritage, and storytelling to create connection where policy cannot. It's not soft. It's not optional. In the 21st century, cultural capital is capital.

I am not an artist who dabbles in diplomacy. I am a diplomat who weaponises art.

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Soft Power In A Hard World

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THE PREMISE

Treaties break. Alliances shift. Ideologies fade.

But when a Muslim family sings Hindu prayers for five centuries—that endures.

Creative Diplomacy is the strategic use of culture to forge connections where policy has failed. It is not "soft." It is the bedrock of civilisation.

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THE MANGANIYARS: Muslim Voices, Hindu Prayers.

Launch: Davos 2026

In the Thar Desert, a covenant exists without lawyers.

A thread that runs from the throat of a Muslim singer to the hands of a Hindu jeweller.

"We are not performers. We are instruments."

A dark wall with three spotlights shining down, illuminating the words 'COMING SOON' in large, gold letters.

CREATIVE DIPLOMACY

Conversations with the people rebuilding the world through culture.

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IMAGINED DIALOGUES

What if Gandhi and Tagore debated the soul of India? What if history's great minds could finish their arguments? Season 1 brings impossible conversations to life.

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GUEST CONVERSATIONS

Museum directors. Diplomats. Artists. Collectors. The people shaping culture as strategy.

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WANT TO BE A GUEST? If you're doing work at the intersection of culture and power, I want to hear from you.

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SPEAKING & THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

"I don't give lectures. I deliver experiences that make people uncomfortable in useful ways."

THE SPIRIT OF DIALOGUE. Davos 2026 & Beyond

CURRENT CONVERSATION

Creative Diplomacy: Storytelling as Soft Power

Davos 2026 — WIN Summit — Jan 22

KEYNOTE THEMES

01. THE HOLY KA’ABA SHARIF PARADOX

What a recluse designer’s 25-year obsession with Islamic art teaches us about the future of global relations.

02. HERITAGE FUTURES

Why is your past the only strategic asset that cannot be copied?

03. THE INVISIBLE THREAD

How to find the connections that survive polarisation.

"The invisible thread is not invisible because it is hidden. It is invisible because we stopped looking."

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Collage of newspaper articles, artworks, jewelry, and photographs related to P.C. Lunia and Indian art and culture, including a newspaper front page, art exhibits, jewelry designs, and portraits of people.
A collage of vintage newspaper pages from New York Post, The Inquirer and Mirror, and New York Times, featuring articles, photographs, and illustrations.

FORMATS: Keynotes. Panels. Private dinners. Salon conversations. Boardroom interventions.

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EXHIBITIONS & CURATION

I've spent thirty years curating exhibitions that tell the stories institutions miss. Stories of craft as resistance. Of devotion as innovation. Of women's hands shaping sacred objects across centuries and cultures.

CURRENT PROJECT:

CONTEMPLATIVE SERIES — Paintings born from Preksha meditation. Inner landscapes meeting outer form. Showing alongside the jewel collection to create dialogue between external adornment and internal stillness.

FOR INSTITUTIONS: The P.C. Lunia Collection is available for museum exhibitions worldwide. I work closely with partners to develop bespoke curatorial frameworks connecting the collection to your community's conversations.