Dilip D'Souza
{{Short description|Indian journalist and writer}}
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| nationality = Indian
| education = BITS Pilani,
Brown University
| occupation = Writer and journalist
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Dilip D'Souza (born 1960) is a Mumbai-based writer and journalist.{{cite news|title=Veteran writer, Dilip D'Souza wins Daily Beast South Asia prize |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Books/AuthorsCorner/Veteran-writer-Dilip-D-Souza-wins-Daily-Beast-South-Asia-prize/Article1-898882.aspx |accessdate=25 November 2012 |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=22 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121211131418/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Books/AuthorsCorner/Veteran-writer-Dilip-D-Souza-wins-Daily-Beast-South-Asia-prize/Article1-898882.aspx |archivedate=11 December 2012}} He writes about social and political causes. His columns have appeared in The Sunday Observer, Rediff.com, Outlook, Mid-Day, Hindustan Times, indiatogether.org, The Caravan{{cite web|url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in |title=The Caravan – A Journal of Politics and Culture |publisher=Caravanmagazine.in |date=1 January 2012 |accessdate=14 January 2012}} and other publications.
Personal life
Dilip D'Souza was born to Neela, a former Indian Administrative Service officer and Maharashtra Chief Secretary and activist J.B. D'Souza.{{cite news|last=Pandey|first=Sunchika|title=Silver screen baddie takes on real-life criminals|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_silver-screen-baddie-takes-on-real-life-criminals_1763453|accessdate=27 November 2012|newspaper=Daily News & Analysis|date=12 November 2012}}{{cite web|author=PUCL |url=http://www.pucl.org/reports/Maharashtra/2001/srikrishna.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020118103202/http://www.pucl.org/reports/Maharashtra/2001/srikrishna.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 January 2002 |title=Maharashtra govt. stalling on Srikrishna commission's report on massive killings of muslims in Mumbai, Sept. 2001 |access-date=14 January 2012}}{{cite news|author=Nigel Harris |url=https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,,2185835,00.html |title=Obituary: Bain D'Souza |work=The Guardian|date= 8 October 2007|accessdate=14 January 2012 |location=London}} D'Souza did a BE in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from BITS Pilani (1976–81) and an MS in Computer Science from Brown University (1984).[http://www.cs.brown.edu/publications/conduit/conduit_v5n2.pdf conduit] Brown University .
He married French language teacher Vibha Kamat in 1993, and they have two children, son Sahir, born 1999 and daughter Surabhi, born 2004.http://spfall2004.bitsaa.org/Fall2004/pdf/SelectedClassNotes.pdf {{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He studied and worked as a software engineer in United States from 1981 to 1992 when he returned to India to write full-time.{{cite web |url=http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/aidaustin/conf2004/speakers.html |title= AID Conference 2004 : Speakers|website=studentorgs.utexas.edu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050913153957/http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/aidaustin/conf2004/speakers.html |archive-date=13 September 2005}} He speaks Tamil, Hindi, Marathi, Konkani, English, French and Spanish.
As an alumnus of Birla Institute of Technology and Science, he is dedicated to alumni activities and has come over many times to his alma mater. He was there in February 2010 to promote his new book Roadrunner.{{cite web|url=http://www.prlog.org/10522614-dilip-dsouza-book-road-runner-an-indian-quest-in-america-bits-pilani-release.html |title=Dilip D'Souza Book Road Runner An Indian Quest in America BITS Pilani Release |publisher=PRLog |accessdate=14 January 2012}} He is currently on the editorial board of the BITS Alumni magazine Sandpaper.{{cite web|url=http://sandpaper.bitsaa.org/team.htm |title=Sandpaper – The BITSAA Magazine |publisher=Sandpaper.bitsaa.org |accessdate=14 January 2012}} D'Souza also maintains a blog "Death Ends Fun".{{cite web|author=Dilip D'Souza |url=http://dcubed.blogspot.com |title=Death Ends Fun |publisher=Dcubed.blogspot.com |accessdate=14 January 2012}}
Awards
D'Souza has won several awards for his writing, including The Daily Beast award for South Asian commentary, the Statesman Rural Reporting Award, the Times of India/Red Cross prize, the Outlook/Picador nonfiction prize (for which he was also, earlier, runner up), the Sanctuary Magazine prize and more.{{cite web|url=http://ifellows2006.wordpress.com/fellows/dilip-dsouza/ |title=D'Souza, Dilip " Sarai-CSDS Independent Fellows 2006 |date=21 March 2006 |publisher=Ifellows2006.wordpress.com |accessdate=14 January 2012}}
- Outlook/Picador prize in 2004 for his essay "Ride Across The River".{{cite web |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/fullprint.asp?choice=1&fodname=20050509&fname=dilipdsouza&sid=1 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=3 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091022135050/http://www.outlookindia.com/fullprint.asp?choice=1 |archivedate=22 October 2009 }} It was about an Army officer killed in action in Kashmir, examining patriotism through his example.
Affiliations
- D'Souza is a member of the Managing Committee of Citizens for Peace (CfP) in Mumbai.
- D'Souza has worked with the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), the Narmada Bachao Andolan and Ekta.
- D'Souza was a member of the Pakistan-India People's Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD). The PIPFPD pursues "Track II diplomacy", meaning increased contact between ordinary people in both countries, towards peace between India and Pakistan.
- He was also a member of the India Progressive Action Group (IPAG) in Austin, Texas, that funded and worked closely with various rural development projects in India.
- He was on the editorial board of the Consumer Guidance Society of India (CGSI) and the Foundation for Humanization.
- D'Souza was an invited speaker/panelist to the Austin conference of the Association for India's Development (AID{{cite web |url=http://www.aidindia.org/ |title=Home |website=aidindia.org}}) and witnessed first-hand their relief and rehabilitation work in Tamil Nadu after the tsunami in December 2004.
Works
- Branded by Law: Looking at India's Denotified Tribes, by Dilip D'Souza. Published by Penguin Books, 2001. {{ISBN|0-14-100749-4}}.
- The Narmada Dammed: An Inquiry into the Politics of Development, by Dilip D'Souza. Published by Penguin Books, 2002. {{ISBN|0-14-302865-0}}
- Roadrunner: An Indian Quest in America, by Dilip D'Souza. Published by HarperCollins India, 2009. {{ISBN|81-7223-906-8}}
- The Curious Case of Binayak Sen, by Dilip D'Souza. Published by HarperCollins India, 2012. {{ISBN|93-5029-486-9}}
- Final Test: Exit Sachin Tendulkar{{cite book|id={{ASIN|8184006365|country=in}}}}, by Dilip D'Souza. Published by Random House, 2014. {{ISBN|81-8400-636-5}}
- Dhyan Singh 'Chand': Hockey's Magician{{cite web|url=http://store.prathambooks.org/p_9789350226407|website=Pratham Books}}, by Dilip D'Souza. Published by Pratham Books, 2016.
References
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External links
- [http://www.rediff.com/news/dsouza.html Dilip D'Souza columns] at Rediff.com
- [http://dcubed.blogspot.com Dilip D'Souza's blog]
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