ONE MAN, TWO MISSIONS

ONE MAN, TWO MISSIONS An Interview with Mr Navdeep Kapur Will you please enlighten our readers with some details about your formative years? I was born in a Punjabi business family that migrated from Lahore, Pakistan after the partition. My family had lost their entire wealth which was to the tune of hundred crores at that time. They still were very humble and positive towards life. I never heard my family members complain. They started their publishing business again after settling down in Delhi. We were never forced to do anything and were encouraged in whatever we wanted to do as long as we never hurt or humiliated anyone. Our mother was instrumental in making us morally strong. She devoted her life to our upbringing and wellbeing. Our parents never made us feel for want of money. Though we lived in a joint family with our cousins, all the children were treated the same. We never knew the difference between our father and our uncle. In fact, my uncle was instrumental in my becoming a sportsperson. He encouraged me and the other family children to excel in whatever they wanted to do. Ours was a close-knit family which always believed in doing good deeds and working hard. In fact, my father used to always say ‘work is worship’ and wanted all the family members including the ladies to work in the family business. My aim in life was to excel in the sport which I had chosen as a career. I was not interested in joining the family business which had expanded by sheer hard work of my father, brother, and uncles. I had decided to leave for Germany for higher studies after graduating from college. And I had told my father that although I am going to do a course in printing technology, I will not come back as I Mr Navdeep Kapur is a senior member of the CPS International, New Delhi. He had been associated with Maulana Wahiduddin Khan and CPS Mission from the very beginning. He plays a critical role in the functioning of CPS. His tireless efforts for this cause make the mission stronger day by day. He chooses to remain in the background even while accomplishing very important tasks for the CPS mission. Interacting with him reminds us of the spirit of the Companions of Prophet who were so focused on God’s work that they wished to be forgotten and unknown in this world for the sake of God.