The Weekend Intelligence: Bombay, open city?
May 18, 2024
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May 18, 2024
The Weekend Intelligence: Bombay, open city?
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<p>Mumbai is famously an open city, known for welcoming all comers, regardless of colour, caste, or creed. </p><br /><p>But as the city goes about building its future, <em>Economist</em> correspondent Leo Mirani, a proud Mumbaikar, fears his city’s character is being buried beneath the rubble.</p><br /><p>In this episode of the Weekend Intelligence Leo contemplates how all this construction will change his beloved Bombay, and who the Mumbai of the future is really designed for.</p><br /><p><em>Get a world of insights for </em><a href="https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>50% off—subscribe to Economist Podcasts+</em></a></p><br /><p><em>For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our </em><a href="https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>FAQs page</em></a><em> or watch </em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gczo71bg1uY" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>our video </em></a><em>explaining how to link your account.</em></p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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