Ahmedabad: Shock City of Twentieth-Century India

In the 20th century, Ahmedabad was India's "shock city." It was the place
where many of the nation's most important developments occurred first and with the
greatest intensity -- from Gandhi's political and labor organizing, through the
growth of textile, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries, to globalization and the
sectarian violence that marked the turn of the new century. Events that happened
there resonated throughout the country, for better and for worse. Howard Spodek
describes the movements that swept the city, telling their story through the careers
of the men and women who led them.