India’s former Permanent Representative to the UN Hardeep Singh Puri with a Congresswoman and an Indian consulate official at the release of a Diwali stamp at the Indian Consulate in New York on Wednesday.
The stamp has been launched by the US postal service after seven years of efforts by Indian-Americans and American lawmakers. It shows a ‘diya’ lit against a sparkling gold background and ‘Forever USA 2016’ written below. PTI