In one novel by this author, Ravi partially causes the failure of a film created by the title character Sampath, who befriends the editor of The Banner, Srinivas.  
In one of this author's works, a peasant accidentally sells a clay statue to an American tourist, a storyteller lights a lamp to signal to the villagers when he has prepared a story but eventually loses his memory and spends the rest of his life in silence.  In one novel by this author, Ravi partially causes the failure of a film created by the title character Sampath, who befriends the editor of The Banner, Srinivas.  Other novels by this author of Under the Banyan Tree include one in which a manager of a family planning clinic, Daisy, is the object of affection of Raman, and one in which the dancer Rosie has a brief affair with Railway Rajan.  FTP, name this Indian author of The Printer of Malgudi, The Painter of Signs, and The Guide.
In one of this author's works, a peasant accidentally sells a clay statue to an American tourist, a storyteller lights a lamp to signal to the villagers when he has prepared a story but eventually loses his memory and spends the rest of his life in silence.  
R. K. Narayan