'Curry-bashing': Indians in Oz under attack!
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Vaarun Narayan Why should our govt do anything? Isn't it understood that a country needs to control what's going on to its foreign students! I think that .. more
Charu Singh Yes I agree. This is too much. The govt isn't taking any warnings. This has been happening for a long time now. Now, things are reaching astage .. more
Topic owner: Dd : Hi guys, it's deplorable the situation of Indian students in Australia. They have all been dying under racist attacks since almost a year now. And now with the first death! I think this is just the limit. Why is the Indian govt not waking up to this reality & doing its bit?? Tell me what you think.
R Morgan
Dear itimes readers I am what you would call a ‘white Australian’- though this term is now hard to apply to Australians generally. My neighbor on one side is from Sweden and next to her is a Greek and next to him is a couple, he is Chinese and she is Latvian and on the other side is a Japanese and on my small island there are Indians, Persians, Lebanese, Americans - you name it there are people here from everywhere. True the majority is still ethnic Celts from all over Europe but over 20% are not.
We, Australians whatever our origins, over the last 50 years have welcomed people from all over the world - it is the most integrated nation on earth bar none - and all of these people have been welcomed and accepted and with some exceptions have become part of the fabric of this country and this includes hundreds of thousand of people from the sub continent. This is not to say that the difficulties being experienced by a particular group of Indian students is not a problem - it is of concern to all good citizens and that is the vast majority.
The sudden increase in assaults is of concern and it is associated with a certain set of conditions that has not occurred in Australia before but it will be addressed but only when all of the factors coming into play are understood and addressed. This problem will have some so called racist element but it is more to do with prejudice and ignorance and this is a universal problem - for there are people of Asian origin in Australia who have prejudices against other Asians which have to be dealt with in this melting pot called Australia.
Your media is doing you a great disservice playing on old worn out prejudices or imagines racist slights. The vehement media frenzy will, if anything, causes more problems for these Indian students studying here - it is marking them out and in any society there are sad miserable people who will attempt to lash out for who knows why.
Most of these Indian students are studying subjects which will qualify them for residency in Australia - to ultimately become Australian citizens. They have very little money, they need to work at odd hours and live in the poorest suburbs where the residents are the most xenophobic. This does not mean that we should accept the situation but although there are racist people here, as there are no doubt there in India, the great majority will want this fixed and the Indian students made as safe as possible.
The police, in their quiet European way, will work through the problem and in concert with the politicians will fix it - but get your media to cool it - hysteria does not help nor does uninformed vociferous criticism.
Shanti
We, Australians whatever our origins, over the last 50 years have welcomed people from all over the world - it is the most integrated nation on earth bar none - and all of these people have been welcomed and accepted and with some exceptions have become part of the fabric of this country and this includes hundreds of thousand of people from the sub continent. This is not to say that the difficulties being experienced by a particular group of Indian students is not a problem - it is of concern to all good citizens and that is the vast majority.
The sudden increase in assaults is of concern and it is associated with a certain set of conditions that has not occurred in Australia before but it will be addressed but only when all of the factors coming into play are understood and addressed. This problem will have some so called racist element but it is more to do with prejudice and ignorance and this is a universal problem - for there are people of Asian origin in Australia who have prejudices against other Asians which have to be dealt with in this melting pot called Australia.
Your media is doing you a great disservice playing on old worn out prejudices or imagines racist slights. The vehement media frenzy will, if anything, causes more problems for these Indian students studying here - it is marking them out and in any society there are sad miserable people who will attempt to lash out for who knows why.
Most of these Indian students are studying subjects which will qualify them for residency in Australia - to ultimately become Australian citizens. They have very little money, they need to work at odd hours and live in the poorest suburbs where the residents are the most xenophobic. This does not mean that we should accept the situation but although there are racist people here, as there are no doubt there in India, the great majority will want this fixed and the Indian students made as safe as possible.
The police, in their quiet European way, will work through the problem and in concert with the politicians will fix it - but get your media to cool it - hysteria does not help nor does uninformed vociferous criticism.
Shanti
R Morgan
Dear itimes readers I am what you would call a ‘white Australian’- though this term is now hard to apply to Australians generally. My neighbor on one side is from Sweden and next to her is a Greek and next to him is a couple, he is Chinese and she is Latvian and on the other side is a Japanese and on my small island there are Indians, Persians, Lebanese, Americans - you name it there are people here from everywhere. True the majority is still ethnic Celts from all over Europe but over 20% are not.
We, Australians whatever our origins, over the last 50 years have welcomed people from all over the world - it is the most integrated nation on earth bar none - and all of these people have been welcomed and accepted and with some exceptions have become part of the fabric of this country and this includes hundreds of thousand of people from the sub continent. This is not to say that the difficulties being experienced by a particular group of Indian students is not a problem - it is of concern to all good citizens and that is the vast majority.
The sudden increase in assaults is of concern and it is associated with a certain set of conditions that has not occurred in Australia before but it will be addressed but only when all of the factors coming into play are understood and addressed. This problem will have some so called racist element but it is more to do with prejudice and ignorance and this is a universal problem - for there are people of Asian origin in Australia who have prejudices against other Asians which have to be dealt with in this melting pot called Australia.
Your media is doing you a great disservice playing on old worn out prejudices or imagines racist slights. The vehement media frenzy will, if anything, causes more problems for these Indian students studying here - it is marking them out and in any society there are sad miserable people who will attempt to lash out for who knows why.
Most of these Indian students are studying subjects which will qualify them for residency in Australia - to ultimately become Australian citizens. They have very little money, they need to work at odd hours and live in the poorest suburbs where the residents are the most xenophobic. This does not mean that we should accept the situation but although there are racist people here, as there are no doubt there in India, the great majority will want this fixed and the Indian students made as safe as possible.
The police, in their quiet European way, will work through the problem and in concert with the politicians will fix it - but get your media to cool it - hysteria does not help nor does uninformed vociferous criticism.
Shanti
We, Australians whatever our origins, over the last 50 years have welcomed people from all over the world - it is the most integrated nation on earth bar none - and all of these people have been welcomed and accepted and with some exceptions have become part of the fabric of this country and this includes hundreds of thousand of people from the sub continent. This is not to say that the difficulties being experienced by a particular group of Indian students is not a problem - it is of concern to all good citizens and that is the vast majority.
The sudden increase in assaults is of concern and it is associated with a certain set of conditions that has not occurred in Australia before but it will be addressed but only when all of the factors coming into play are understood and addressed. This problem will have some so called racist element but it is more to do with prejudice and ignorance and this is a universal problem - for there are people of Asian origin in Australia who have prejudices against other Asians which have to be dealt with in this melting pot called Australia.
Your media is doing you a great disservice playing on old worn out prejudices or imagines racist slights. The vehement media frenzy will, if anything, causes more problems for these Indian students studying here - it is marking them out and in any society there are sad miserable people who will attempt to lash out for who knows why.
Most of these Indian students are studying subjects which will qualify them for residency in Australia - to ultimately become Australian citizens. They have very little money, they need to work at odd hours and live in the poorest suburbs where the residents are the most xenophobic. This does not mean that we should accept the situation but although there are racist people here, as there are no doubt there in India, the great majority will want this fixed and the Indian students made as safe as possible.
The police, in their quiet European way, will work through the problem and in concert with the politicians will fix it - but get your media to cool it - hysteria does not help nor does uninformed vociferous criticism.
Shanti
John B Fernandez
hey, i'm sorry, but what exactly are you ppl suggesting? wat exactly is the Indian govt supposed to do when the people have gone there on their OWN FREE WILL ? coloured ppl being bullied in australia is not new. Ask Muttiah Muralitharan and the rest of the Sri Lankan team... Ranatunga plainly hit back at Mark Taylor back in the 90s when taylor said Sri Lankans had bad culture "Australia, which used to be a prison location for hardened criminals at one time, shudnt talk about culture"... (anybody doing a little history about Australia will know what he was talking about) i dont mean to judge anybody. But i also know that its a dog eat dog world. You cant waltz into another country and dream and hope of a comfortable life there, and expect NO backlash at all. This is nothing to do with skin colour, and doesnt have to do with the whites alone. They're just a more aggressive bunch, thats all. And given the recent financial crisis around the planet, people are increasingly wary of who is eating into the jobs. If you're really intent on doing something, then tell your fellowmen to rule out Australia completely for the next 10 years. Step 1: Stop the 'Study In Australia!!!' ads in the papers... Step 2 : Strike it off your vacation list. Step 3: hey you figure out now...
Imran Ahmad
Let me make it very clear that racism in Australian society does exist. However victims try to keep these assaults to themselves as they expect nothing by making complaints to people where majority is white. How can anyone forget that not very long ago Australians used to follow the sick WHITE AUSTRALIAN POLICY, denying the fact that even coloured people are humans and possess same human feelings like whites. The difference is just extra Malanin pigments in their skin and that makes all the difference. The fact is, whenever a coloured Australian makes a complaint about a white Australian, in most cases whites took side of a white disregarding the fact that white person could be at fault as well. Forget about general white Australians, racism is widespread even in police department. I have been a victim of racist actions by a police officer, however police department is in denial and believes that it was due to the lack of training by police academy. What a joke!!!
Gorav Rama
The Indian government and Indian people in general are a very docile group of people who lack self-pride. This government inaction is a clear example of our soft and docile nature whereby even if a person were to kill us, we would still look upto them like some kind of superior being. The Indian government has been way too soft on this issue, and a travel advisory is going to do nothing, what we need is a full boycott of all students and tourists going to Australia and also a boycott of some Australian products if possible. Indian government, please wake up now before another Indian life is lost.
Ritu Bahel
This is disheartening. My blood boils every time I come across any such news.Those hooligans are taking lives of our countrymen.Does value of human life means nothing??Big shame to Australia and a question mark to our govt for taking racist attacks so lightly
Yashwardhan Singh
Indian Government has already issued travel advisory saying Australia is not safe destination for Indians, Nothing more then that is expected from a developing nation like India. Tell me if you have some other suggestions,,,,,,,,
Gorav Rama We need a full boycott of all Indian students and tourists going to Australia. A travel advisory means nothing.
Vaarun Narayan
Why should our govt do anything? Isn't it understood that a country needs to control what's going on to its foreign students! I think that more than our govt's fault, it is the Aussie govt that's not doing anything about this situation.
Dhhruv Arya Varun: I absolutely agree that its the Aussie Govt.'s fault and it is them to understand and look after the foreign students.
Now if we as Indians feel that the Indian students are note being looked after properly, it is us to decide and boycott Australia totally, may it be tourism, or may it be for Students to go in Australia for further studies. Why do we have to go to Australia, the whole planet is there open for the studies, Y picking up only Aussie. Boycott them completely.
Yes I do agree, if this boycott is achieved, the Govt. (Indian) should also take some steps and make its relations with Aussie govt. very formal and pull its strings away from the Aussie Govt. whether it be bussiness relations or other formal relations.
This is truly gone too far, and this is a true case of racism, for which the Aussie govt is completely responsible, again, what to say their Govt is also made up of whites, they don't give a damn.
It is us to initiate this action and Boycott the Aussies completely from the face of this planet.
Dhhruv Arya
Now if we as Indians feel that the Indian students are note being looked after properly, it is us to decide and boycott Australia totally, may it be tourism, or may it be for Students to go in Australia for further studies. Why do we have to go to Australia, the whole planet is there open for the studies, Y picking up only Aussie. Boycott them completely.
Yes I do agree, if this boycott is achieved, the Govt. (Indian) should also take some steps and make its relations with Aussie govt. very formal and pull its strings away from the Aussie Govt. whether it be bussiness relations or other formal relations.
This is truly gone too far, and this is a true case of racism, for which the Aussie govt is completely responsible, again, what to say their Govt is also made up of whites, they don't give a damn.
It is us to initiate this action and Boycott the Aussies completely from the face of this planet.
Dhhruv Arya
Kirti Deol @Vaarun: Agreed, but now I think it's the Indian govt's responsibility to do something about this situation. We can't take this anymore & the govt needs urgently step in & take matters into their own hands.
Simone Rana
No I think the govt has already done all it could. There really is nothing more it can do.
Charu Singh
Yes I agree. This is too much. The govt isn't taking any warnings. This has been happening for a long time now. Now, things are reaching astage where they are just getting out of hand. The govt better pull up its socks before it gets too late.
Yashwardhan Singh I don't agree with you, Nitin Garg was a graduate from my university and I strongly condemn the brutal attack which led him to death. But it wasn't a racial attack, it was just a act of violence which could happen anywhere in this world. It's just the media who's taking all this to retain trp rating and gain popularity.
