Indian Americans will finally have a postage stamp of their own, one which they have wanted for years to mark the symbolic coming of age of an increasingly influential ethnic minority. “I really feel uplifted,” said Ranju Batra, the Indian American who spearheaded the Diwali Stamp Project for years. Indian Americans first began working towards a Diwali stamp 16 years ago, according to MR Rangaswami, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who has been involved in the project. Rangaswami said Indian Americans needed the stamp as a “symbolic coming of age of the community”, to reflect, perhaps, their growing clout in the country. Estimated to be around 3 million, Indian Americans are among the most prosperous and educated in the US.

Source: Hindustan Times August 23, 2016 17:15 UTC