Set in 19th century India between two revolutionary upheavals, Twilight in Delhi brings history to life and portrays the loss of an entire culture and way of life in a very moving way. As Bonamy Dobree said, “It launches us into a different, perfect world. Mr. Ahmed Ali makes us hear and smell Delhi… the flapping of the wings of the pigeons, the cries of the traveling merchants, the calls to prayer, the howling of the mourners, the singing of qawwals, the smell of jasmine and sewage, roasted ghee and burnt wood. .

The details are, as EM Forster put it, “new and fascinating,” poetic and brutal, charming and ruthless. First published by Hogarth Press in 1940, Twilight in Delhi was critically acclaimed and hailed as a major literary event in India.