Background
Dilip D'Souza was born to Neela,a Tamilian and former Maharashtra Chief Secretary and activist J.B. D'Souza.
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Dilip D'Souza was born to Neela,a Tamilian and former Maharashtra Chief Secretary and activist J.B. D'Souza.
He studied and worked as a software engineer in United States from 1981 to 1992 when he returned to India to write full-time.
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 and other publications. D'Souza has worked with the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), the Narmada Bachao Andolan and Ekta.
The PIPFPD pursues "Track II diplomacy", meaning increased contact between ordinary people in both countries, towards peace between India and Pakistan. 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) and witnessed first-hand their relief and rehabilitation work in Tamil Nadu after the tsunami in December 2004.
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. Outlook/Picador prize in 2004 for his essay "Ride Across The River". It was about an Army officer killed in action in Kashmir, examining patriotism through his example.
D'Souza is a member of the Managing Committee of Citizens for Peace (CfP) in Mumbai. D'Souza was a member of the Pakistan-India People's Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD). 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.
