What mode of literary criticism would work with "Games at Midnight"?

If you were looking for a particularly relevant line of
literary criticism for Desai's work, I would suggest assessing it from the postcolonial
point of view.  Examining the issues of alienation and marginalization that Ravi
experiences in the story could be seen from a very interesting point of view in the
postcolonial frame of reference.  Ravi could be seen as representative of nation or
ethnic identities that seek to assert their own voice in a setting that does not
immediately acknowledge their narrative.  In a postcolonial frame of reference, Ravi's
statement of voice and decidedly rebellious position taken towards "the game" can be
seen in a variety of postcolonial lights.  Literary criticism seeks to assess and
analyze work in a different light, taking what is presented in the work to another level
in terms of significance and meaning.  In this, I think that there is a very interesting
set of ideas if Desai's work is seen in a postcolonial literary criticist mindset.  As a
major theme of postcolonialism is the emergence of "the other" and this concept's view
of oneself in a larger element, I think that this fits quite nicely with Ravi's
narrative and his experiences.