Dilip D’Souza is the winner of the Newsweek/Daily Beast–Open Hands Prize for Commentary in South Asia and the author of, most recently, Roadrunner: An Indian Quest in America and The Curious Case of Binayak Sen.
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India’s Rape Epidemic
As the country struggles with yet another gruesome rape—this time, of a 5-year-old girl left for... MORE
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They All Fall Down
If you live in a building in Mumbai, there’s a chance it will collapse from shoddy construction or... MORE
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Hysterical Youth
When Dilip D’Souza took a group of kids on a school trip, many of them fell mysteriously and... MORE
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Please Call It Bombay
The city might have a new name, but King George's colonial legacy is still everywhere.... MORE
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Cheated by Death
If a sometime bus driver turned rapist from the slums of Delhi dies in jail, does India rejoice?... MORE
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India’s Twisted Conscience
A surrendered militant was executed in India last week, but serious doubts remain about his guilt.... MORE
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Watch No Evil
India is earning a reputation for overzealous film censorship. MORE
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How Gandhi Blew the Rape Crisis
As India seethes with anger over the brutal raping of women, the country’s leading political family... MORE
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India’s Shame
A horrific rape is, sadly, unlikely to end the everyday outrages against women. MORE
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A Nation of Onlookers
A school shooting in America, a horrific rape on a New Delhi bus.... MORE
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India’s Shameful Day
Every year on Dec.... MORE
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Hitler’s Afterlife in India
Hated and mocked in much of the world, the Nazi leader has developed a strange following among... MORE
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Mumbai on Edge
As Bal Thackeray, founder of one of India’s most violent political groups, lies on his death bed,... MORE
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Never Drive in India
What happened—or didn’t—when Dilip D’Souza went to take his driving test for a new license... MORE
