Meet another of our new correspondents

Deepa Kapur, Correspondent for the TOS in Tanzania

Born into a theosophical family in Dar es Salaam, Deepa Kapur received her higher education in India which enabled her to visit the international HQ of the TS many times during her youth, where her commitment to the Theosophical Society deepened progressively. Alongside her pursuit of law on the academic front, Deepa became passionately engaged in social work through the Lions Club in Mumbai: women’s welfare, care for the environment and medical treatment for the needy including aid for the visually and physically challenged. She was extensively involved in a programme to tackle hunger, the focus of which was never merely to feed people but to empower them – especially women.

Married to Runjiv and blessed with a daughter, Malaika, in Mumbai, destiny brought her family back to her birthplace, Tanzania, in 2000. Here, Deepa picked up her social work especially in the area of child welfare. She is deeply involved in the Tanzania Heart Babies Project that runs under the aegis of Dr Kanabar of the Lions Club and that to date has funded successful surgery in India for over 1300 Tanzanian children. As our new correspondent for the TOS, Deepa feels that theosophical teachings bring a valuable long- term perspective to the development of her country and that the TOS provides an opportunity to put those teachings into action in wise ways. She reports that her small TOS group is very modest in its undertakings but full of energy and enthusiasm. Its principal achievement during the special TOS centennial year of 2008 has been to collect what is a large sum of money for Tanzanians: 1.2 million shillings (approx. US$1,000) for local charities. We wish Deepa joy in her efforts to develop the TOS in Tanzania.