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'''Dilip D'Souza''' (born 1960) is a [[Mumbai]]-based writer and journalist.<ref name=htdsouza>{{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}}</ref> He writes about social and political causes. His columns have appeared in The Sunday Observer, [[Rediff]].com, [[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]], [[Mid-Day]], [[Hindustan Times]], indiatogether.org, The Caravan<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name=DNANeelaDSouza>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=PUCL |url=https://www.google.com/search?q=cache:dd4YcqeWsJ4J:www.pucl.org/reports/Maharashtra/2001/srikrishna.htm+J.B.+D'Souza+Srikrishna&hl=en&gl=au |title=Maharashtra govt. stalling on Srikrishna commission's report on massive killings of muslims in Mumbai, Sept. 2001 |accessdate=14 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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).<ref>[http://www.cs.brown.edu/publications/conduit/conduit_v5n2.pdf conduit] ''[[Brown University]] ''.</ref>

He married French language teacher Vibha Kamat in 1993, and they have two children, son Sahir, born 1999 and daughter Surabhi, born 2004.<ref>[http://spfall2004.bitsaa.org/Fall2004/pdf/SelectedClassNotes.pdf]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He studied and worked as a software engineer in United States from 1981 to 1992 when he returned to India to write full-time.<ref>[http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/aidaustin/conf2004/speakers.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050913153957/http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/aidaustin/conf2004/speakers.html |date=13 September 2005 }}</ref> 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''.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He is currently on the editorial board of the BITS Alumni magazine ''Sandpaper''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sandpaper.bitsaa.org/team.htm |title=Sandpaper – The BITSAA Magazine |publisher=Sandpaper.bitsaa.org |accessdate=14 January 2012}}</ref> D'Souza also maintains a blog "Death Ends Fun".<ref>{{cite web|author=Dilip D'Souza |url=http://dcubed.blogspot.com |title=Death Ends Fun |publisher=Dcubed.blogspot.com |accessdate=14 January 2012}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

* Outlook/Picador prize in 2004 for his essay "Ride Across The River".<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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<ref>http://www.aidindia.org</ref>) 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<ref>{{cite book|id={{ASIN|8184006365|country=in}}}}</ref>'', by Dilip D'Souza. Published by Random House, 2014. {{ISBN|81-8400-636-5}}
* ''Dhyan Singh 'Chand': Hockey's Magician<ref>{{cite web|url=http://store.prathambooks.org/p_9789350226407|website=Pratham Books}}</ref>'', 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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