Ahir Shah - Ahmedabad

Listen live on bbc radio 4 saturdays at 10am

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Listen live on bbc radio 4 saturdays at 10am 〰️

I did a podcast with Ahir Shah years ago on the Z List Dead List: https://zlistdeadlist.libsyn.com/2016/12 about the man who was so rich he was personally responsible for crashing the entire mediterranean economy…

This time however, he tells Shaun all about the wonders of Ahmedabad, the largest city in Gujarat, India: Gandhi's ashram, a mammoth cricket stadium, dangerously sweet tea, malevolent cows and more. It is known as the Manchester of India, but does the link go beyond cotton manufacturing? Find out on BBC Sounds!