Deepa or Dipa ( Hindi : दीपा) is a

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/ Sanskrit Indian popular feminine

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, which means "lamp" and "light".

Notable people named Deepa

Deepa Bhaskar Deepa Bhaskar is an Indian film and theatre actress, voice artist and classical dancer. Considered by many to be a child prodigy who was introduced to the film industry through Tiger Prabhakar's movie ''Mahendra Varma''. She acted in movies l ...

, Indian actress *

Deepa Bhatia Deepa Bhatia is a Bollywood film editor, producer and director based in Mumbai. She is known for editing commercially successful films like ''Tare Zameen Par'', ''My Name is Khan'', ''Rock On'', ''Kai Po Che'', ''Student of the Year'' and ...

, Indian film editor * Deepa Chari, Indian actress and model *

Deepa Dasmunsi Deepa Dasmunsi is an Indian politician. She served as the member of parliament for Raiganj in the 15th Lok Sabha. She was the Minister of State for Urban Development from October 2012 until May 2014. She was the wife of Indian National Congress ...

(born 1960), Indian politician and member of the 15th Lok Sabha *

Deepa Fernandes Deepa Fernandes is one of the hosts of NPR's Here and Now (Boston), Here and Now. She has formerly hosted the WBAI radio program ''Wakeup Call'' and the nationally syndicated Pacifica radio news show ''Free Speech Radio News'' on the politically ...

, Indian-American journalist and radio host *

Deepa Gahlot Deepa Gahlot is a theater and film critic, book author, and scriptwriter. She has written several books on cinema, translated several plays (by Manav Kaul and Paresh Mokashi) into English and adapted Paulo Coelho's novel ''The Alchemist'' for the st ...

, Indian critic and writer *

Deepa Jayakumar Deepa Jayakumar (born 10 November 1974), also known as J. Deepa, is a former politician and journalist. Personal life Deepa was born on 10 November 1974 Deepa Kaul Deepa Kaul (born 12 April 1944, London) is an Indian politician and social worker who served as a legislator and cabinet minister in the government of Uttar Pradesh. She is the daughter of the politician Sheila Kaul and the scientist Kailas Nath ...

(born 1944), Indian politician and social worker *

Deepa Malik Deepa Malik (born 30 September 1970) is an Indian athlete. She started her career at the age of 30. She is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Paralympic Games and won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in shot put. She also won ...

(born 1970), Indian athlete *

Deepa Marathe Deepa Madhukar Marathe (; born 25 November 1972) is an Indian former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and slow left-arm orthodox bowler. She appeared in five Test matches and 59 One Day Internationals for India between 1997 and 20 ...

(born 1972), Indian cricketer *

Deepa Mehta Deepa Mehta, (; born 1 January 1950) is an Indian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996 film), ''Fire'' (1996), ''Earth (1998 film), Earth'' (1998), and ''Water (2005 film), Water'' (2005 ...

(born 1950), Canadian-Indian director and screenwriter *

Deepa Miriam Deepa Miriam (Malayalam: ദീപ മിറിയം, Tamil language, Tamil: தீபா மிரியம்; born April 1981) is an Indian playback singer of South Indian movies. Her debut film was ''Naan Avanillai (2007 film), Naan Avanil ...

(born 1981), Indian singer *

Deepa M. Ollapally Deepa M. Ollapally is research professor of international affairs and the associate director of the Sigur Center for Asian Studies at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. She is also the director of the Rising ...

, American political scientist * Deepa Shree Niraula (born 1975), Nepalese actress *

Deepa Parab Deepa Parab (born 31 October 1974) is an Marathi and Hindi film and television actress. She currently appears in the television show''Tu Chal Pudha'' as Ashwini Waghmare. Acting career She has appeared in Marathi films and serials. In 2020-202 ...

(born 1981), Indian actress and entertainer * Deepa Sahi (born 1965), Indian actress and producer * Deepa Sannidhi (born 1990), Indian actress *

Deepa Sashindran Deepa Sashindran ( ml, ദീപ ശശീന്ദ്രൻ; born 3 July 1974) is an Indian artist and a disciple of the Kuchipudi expert Smt. Manju Bhargavi. She is a performing artist, teacher of the Indian classical dance form Kuchipudi, ch ...

(born 1974), Indian choreographer and dancer * Deepa Venkat, Indian actress in Tamil films and television * Deepa, stage name of Unni Mary in Tamil films

Notable people named Dipa

* Dipa Nusantara Aidit (1923–1965), Indonesian politician * Dipa Karmakar (born 1993), Indian gymnast *

Dipa Khondokar Deepa Khandakar (born 28 November) is a Bangladeshi television actress. Deepa Khandakar mainly acts in television dramas. She has modeled in commercials and starred in notable films. Among her notable films is '' Bhaijan Elore (India)'', ''Officer ...

, Bangladeshi actress *

Dipa Ma Nani Bala Barua (March 25, 1911 - September 1, 1989), better known as Dipa Ma, was an Indian meditation teacher of Theravada Buddhism and was of Barua descent. She was a prominent Buddhist master in Asia and also taught in the United States where ...

(1911–1989), Indian meditation teacher *

Dipa Shah Ananya Shah, better known as Dipa Shah, is an Indian actress who works mainly in South Indian films, television productions, and commercials. Career Shah started her film career in 2009, her debut film ''Ninnu Kalisaka''. In 2010, she acted in ...

, Indian actress

Notable people named Deepa

Notable people named Dipa

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