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Dilip D’Souza

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.

HYPOCRISY

Where a Woman Is 'Guilty as Her Rapists’

A BBC documentary about the hideous rape and murder of a young woman in Delhi in 2012 has touched a raw nerve.

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Peace Prize

A Nobel For Fighting Child Slavery

Malala's Nobel co-laureate has been working for decades to stop the exploitation of child labor in India.

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Hang the Rapists

Indians seem to want the perpetrators of the violent gang-rape of a women to be sentenced to death this Friday. But, Dilip D’Souza asks, what will that solve?

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India’s Most Dangerous Meal

Over 20 kids were killed after eating a poisoned school lunch that’s served for the right reasons but with little thought or care. Dilip D’Souza on why India needs to get thoughtful and innovative.

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The Pointlessness of Disaster Charity

As the flood’s death toll continues to rise in northern India, Dilip D’Souza asks who exactly the usual appeals for old clothes during a disaster actually help. Not the victims.

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TOURIST TRAP

India’s Rape Crisis

This week’s gang rape of an American woman traveling in India is the latest in a series of high profile attacks that are scaring off visitors. Dilip D’Souza on why India’s honor is at stake—and why extra caution is needed in the country.

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Housing

They All Fall Down

If you live in a building in Mumbai, there’s a chance it will collapse from shoddy construction or be knocked down by the government for being illegal. Dilip D’Souza on the perils of finding a safe roof in his home city.

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Mumbai

Hysterical Youth

When Dilip D’Souza took a group of kids on a school trip, many of them fell mysteriously and aggressively ill, but it seems it was all in their minds. He investigates this phenomenon.

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Law and Order

Cheated by Death

If a sometime bus driver turned rapist from the slums of Delhi dies in jail, does India rejoice? By Dilip D’Souza.

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India’s Twisted Conscience

A surrendered militant was executed in India last week, but serious doubts remain about his guilt. Dilip D’Souza on how India is going soft on terrorism.

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