New York, Sept 25 (ANI): Indian Americans are upbeat about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's maiden visit to New York as he will take the stage in Madison Square Garden before a crowd forecast to total more than 18,000 people. Modi will draw perhaps the largest crowd ever by a foreign leader on U.S. soil as thousands more are expected to pack New York's Times Square to watch his address in Hindi on big screens as well as smaller viewing parties around the country and on TV in India. The Indian diaspora hopes this visit by a leader who was until recently barred from the United States will signify India's importance not only on these shores but in the wider world too.