In addition to The Zigzag Way and Fire on the Mountain, this author wrote a short story in which Ravi's excitement over victory in a game of hide-and-seek turns to disappointment when everyone forgets about him and he realizes that no one loves him.  
In one of this author's novels, a lecture of Dona Vera inspires Eric to learn about the Mexican silver mines which his Cornish grandfather worked in, and in another novel which sounds substantially more interesting, Ila Das is raped and murdered and Raka is so attracted to forest fires that she decides to light one.  In addition to The Zigzag Way and Fire on the Mountain, this author wrote a short story in which Ravi's excitement over victory in a game of hide-and-seek turns to disappointment when everyone forgets about him and he realizes that no one loves him.  Describing the sisters Tara and Bim Das in another work, FTP, name this Indian author of In Custody, Games at Twilight, and Clear Light of Day, a relative of the author of Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard, her daughter Kiran.
In one of this author's novels, a lecture of Dona Vera inspires Eric to learn about the Mexican silver mines which his Cornish grandfather worked in, and in another novel which sounds substantially more interesting, Ila Das is raped and murdered and Raka is so attracted to forest fires that she decides to light one.  
Anita Desai 