"More than a half-century after the end of British rule, the centers of India's great cities continue to be dominated by the Victorian-Gothic buildings the colonizers constructed here. Here is evidence of a previous era of globalization, when European imprints transformed urban landscapes. Walking the streets of Mumbai (the British called it Bombay) you can turn a corner and be forgiven for mistaking the scene for London, double-deckered buses and all. One of the British planners' major achievements was the construction of a nationwide railroad system, and railway stations were given great prominence in the urban architecture. I had walked up Naoroji Road, having learned to dodge the wild traffic around the circles in the Fort area, and watched the throngs passing through Victoria Station. Inside, the facility is badly worn, but the trains continue to run, bulging with passengers hanging out of doors and windows." (c)H. J. de Blij.