Travel Writing

Dilip D’Souza  is a writer, journalist and an occasional activist who writes on both social and political issues, travel, current affairs as well as writing a well-known mathematics column for Mint. He has authored three books: ‘Branded by Law’, ‘The Narmada Damned’ and Roadrunner’ alongside essays in a number of anthologies for both national and international publications. Some of the prestigious awards he has won for his work include the Statesman Rural Reporting Award, The Times of India/Red Cross Prize, The Timeout Travel Writing Ward, the Sanctuary Magazine Prize and the Outlook Picador nonfiction prize for his essay “Ride across the River.” Recently, he also won the esteemed Newsweek and Daily Beast Award “The Open Hands Prize for commentary in South Asia.”