Characters of twilight in dehli
- 1. Characters of Twilight in Dehli MIR NIHAL Mir Nihal is the central character of the novel. Ahmed Ali highlighted the attitude of patriarchal society in Delhi through his descriptive method of portraying the character of Mir Nihal. He feels hurt and pain on Hindustan’s Slavery but instead of making “rallies” “marches” “strikes” and “non-cooperative movement” which he suppose to be useless activities, he believes in direct use of weapons to liberate his country. He is nearly a sixty-two years old person whose external appearance is a picture of Muslim nobility. The nature of Mir Nihal is totally idle. The passivity of his nature has shown under the unreceptive mind of changes. ASGHAR Asghar is the second most important character of the novel, younger son of Mir Nihal, who likes the English fashion and ways. Unlike his father Mir Nihal, he belongs to the young generation of India, represent the Muslim Indian culture but in his own way.He seemed revolutionary in approach and intention. Asghar’s appearance shows the eastern and western touch in it which represents directionless Indian Muslim youth, living in multicultural society. His desire for intimacy and bodily pleasure can found nearly in every chapter of the novel. He found his fate unsatisfactory for him. He became entirely disappointed from life after the refusal from father’s side about his marriage with Bilqeece. BEGUM NIHAL The wife of Mir Nihal, who makes the decision of Asghar's marriage against Mir Nihal. She always remains thoughtful of returning her husband at home. She is nearly sixty years old. She becomes blind. She tried to convince Mir Nihal for Asghar marriage with Bilqeece. BABBAN JAN Babban is the dancer and prostitute girl of the novel. Babban Jan is the most important personality in Mir Nihal's life. She is love of Mir Nihal and he buys her a house to live there. Her death causes a loneliness for Mir Nihal. BILQEECE The wife of Asghar. She is a respective and innocent girl of a low class family. She was grown up in a little bit religion context. She never came up forward in style, she always remained in her culture. Bilqeece couldn’t impress Asghar and Asghar always expected something from her, like Mushtari Bai. After marriage Asghar doesn’t love her, He is inattention towards Bilqeece now he doesn’t love her, Bilqeece suffers a lot in her heart and die.