In a novel by an author with this last name, the villagers think that the main character will grow up to be a great man because his birth coincided with a drought ending and a Red Cross airdrop. In another novel by an author with this last name, a retired judge shows his disdain for his native country by eating chapatis with a knife and a fork. That novel by an author with this last name juxtaposes the converging experiences of the mountain-dwelling (*) Sai and the Manhattan resident Biju. Another novel by an author with this last name centers on Sampath Chawla climbing up a tree in the title location and acting as a clairvoyant “holy man.” This is the last name of the author of the Booker Prize-winning novel The Inheritance of Loss and Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard. For 10 points, give this last name shared by an Indian author with the first name Kiran and her mother Anita. ■END■
ANSWER: Desai [accept Kiran Desai; accept Anita Desai]
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