Twilight in Delhi
by Ahmed Ali
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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...
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When Mir Nihal finds a rich man turned poor, he begins to think of his fortune, so let's take this beggar from the royal family as an artistic symbol for that wheel-of-fortune. This has echoes of "the first will be last," because the rich man ends...
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One of the major themes in "Twilight in Delhi" is Diminishing of Muslim's culture. The effects of shrinking Muslim civilization has been clearly shown in the novel through the example of Asghar. Twilight in Delhi basically deals with the decay of...
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