The skyline of south Mumbai is dominated by imposing neo-gothic buildings, with ornate turrets and grinning gargoyles that might look more at home in Manchester or London than the financial capital of modern India. These incongruous edifices at first seem to be the likely result of simple colonial ambition (some might say of excess). But the impetus behind their construction actually came from a more unlikely commercial source: the global cotton trade.
放眼望去，一幢幢庄严的新哥特风格建筑勾勒出孟买南部的天际线。这些建筑拥有装饰华丽的塔楼，形状怪异的喷水嘴，跟曼彻斯特或伦敦可能更搭，与这个现代印度的金融首都有些不协调。乍一看，这些与周围环境格格不入的建筑大概不过是殖民者雄心的产物（有人或许会说是奢华无度的产物）。但事实上，这些建筑的出现缘于一个颇令人意外的商业动机：manbetx app苹果 棉花贸易。
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