‘The ethic and practice of being open to, and respecting, ways of life that may vary significantly from one’s own. To be “cosmopolitan” is to be “well travelled” and genuinely curious about the world beyond one’s doorstep. It is to have experienced, and been enriched by, all manner of other people, places, customs, and norms’ (N. Castree, R. Kitchin, and A. Rogers 2013). Datta (2012) Antipode 44, 3, 745 describes and analyses cosmopolitanism in a Delhi squatter settlement, while Mith and Jenkyns (2012) Antipode 44, 3, 640 consider the relationship between cosmopolitanism, development, and civil society on Indian NGOs. A cosmopolitan distribution is when ‘everything is everywhere’ (Smith (2007) J. Biogeog. 34, 10).