“Twilight in Delhi”

I'm not sure about a living metaphor but consider the title as an apt metaphor. The decaying civilization of the Muslims of India has been metaphorically described by the title “Twilight in Delhi”. The title of the novel is a metaphor for the tumultuous years of 1857 to 1919 in the sub-continent when the pinnacle of glory of the Muslims was coming to an end, just because of their own inefficiencies. The miserable conditions of the men in Delhi and their surroundings have rightly been described by the title.