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Roadrunner
An Indian Quest in America
By

Dilip D'Souza
Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 7:00 p.m.

The American Center

24 Kasturba Gandhi Marg
New Delhi About the Book: Through stories large and small, this book
shows us America as refracted through the eyes of an Indian
who is critical but not intolerant, understanding but not starry-
The author in conversation with eyed. From gawking at wall murals by German World War II
POWs in Texas to getting to know the bikers for Christ at the
annual bike carnival in Sturgis, from charting the history of
Stephen Alter immigrant Icelanders to driving a fire truck in a quiet mountain
Writer town, D'souza travels American roads, discovering old cultures
and new concerns in one of the most revered and reviled
Manjula Padmanabhan Nations in the world today.

Writer About the author: Dilip D'Souza was educated in Pilani,

and
Michael P. Macy
Cultural Attaché
Embassy of the United States, New Delhi
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Providence, Delhi, Rishi Valley, Bombay, Cambridge, Austin
and several places in between. He was once a computer
scientist, but now he writes for a living. People think of that as
a major switch, but to Dilip, it seemed almost natural.
Computer science stresses clear thinking, reason, logic and
getting to the heart of matters. He likes to think those things
shape his writing.
He has won several awards for his writing, including the
Statesman Rural Reporting award and the Outlook/Picador
nonfiction prize. He has published three books, a monograph
of essays on patriotism, and has contributed to a number of
anthologies. Dilip lives in Bombay with his wife Vibha and
children Sahir and Surabhi.