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Views from Cheltenham on South Asians and glittering gold

It was reported last week that the price of gold fell to its lowest level in two years. The price of the precious metal fell by 9.2%. It's the biggest plunge in gold price for more than 30 years and has wiped 1 trillion US dollars off the value of global reserves of the precious metal.

In this extract 麻豆社 reporter Anisha Indawala speaks to Vasanthi Shankar. She鈥檚 originally from Calcutta in India but now lives in Cheltenham. She speaks about the cultural value of gold in South Asian communities...

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