Rep. Joe Wilson

Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC), co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, urged the Indian-American community on May 12 to begin a letter-writing campaign in support of the new Diwali Stamp Proposal being made in July 2004.

In a press statement, Wilson said: “I am pleased to announce that two recognized community leaders, Dr. Shailendra Kumar, president of the Committee for Diwali Postage Stamp, and Dr. Piyush Agrawal, past president of the Association of Indians in America (AIA), are submitting a new proposal to the U.S. Postal Service to formally request the issuance of a Diwali stamp.”

“I call on the Indian-American community to begin a letter-writing campaign to support this proposal.”

Earlier this year, Dr. Kumar, Dr. Agrawal, and Dino Teppara, staff member for Congressman Wilson, met with representatives of the U.S. Postal Service to discuss the process involved in submitting a proposal for a stamp.

–– Vasantha Arora