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 A powerful video in which seven transgenders sing India’s national anthem has made the 69th Independence Day celebrations extra special. Last February, India’s Supreme Court finally recognised transgender citizens as belonging to a third gender, and made it mandatory for the government to provide them jobs and education quotas.

Vandana Kumar is the Publisher and CEO of India Currents, the premier digital platform serving Indian Americans across the United States. A new immigrant when she co-founded the magazine in 1987, she led...