Deepika, the first newspaper of Kerala, was begun at Mannanam in 1887.
Deepika Chikhalia (born 1965), Indian actress and Member of Parliament most famous for portraying Sita in Ramanand Sagar's television series
Starting his career as a journalist in Deepika, he went on to become the Editor of Deepika weekly, also worked in "Keraladhwani" editorial board for eight years and wrote a column in Deepika as the pen name of "Pathraparayanan".
Deepika made her debut as lead actress in Sun Meri Laila(1983) opposite Raj Kiran but though her debut film was successful, she did not get A grade films till 1987.
These include Ambika Soni, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Naveen Jindal, Vilasrao Deshmukh, Deepika Padukone, Javed Akhtar, Mohinder Amarnath, and Dr. S.Y. Quraishi.
Human Rights Law Network Activists include lawyers and social workers from all over India such as Advocate Sheela Ramanathan, Advocate Dolma Bhutia, Advocate K.K. Roy, Advocate Ahmed Raza, Advocate Rakesh Meibhoum, Advocate Sunil Mao, Advocate P.C. Tiwari, Deepika D'souza, Harsh Dobhal, Suresh Nautiyal, S.H. Iyer, Advocate Sandhya Raju, Adv Gayatri Singh, and Adv Mihir Desai.
Om Shanti Om, Hindi film starring Shahrukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and Arjun Rampal