Havoc Down Under - Attacks on the Indian Students in Australia
I
would like to start it off with a small question;
Can
you clap with one hand? Obviously you cannot?
I
think this probably will set the tone and give you all an idea about my
thoughts to be featured ahead in the article.
I
seriously condemn the attacks faced by Shravan Kumar & Sourabh Sharma and
the others. It is something that might critically affect the relations between
India & Australia. I have been following the updates to these since last
couple of days and have found out some interesting feedbacks and reviews from
Indians based in Australia & other Western countries.
Well,
I am not denying the possibility of presence of racial discrimination behind
the attacks but then I am also not totally convinced of that being the main
reason. My friends working abroad are staying with Indians; even I would have
done the same. When at job or college again they have a formed a group of their
own which is very Indian origin oriented. So basically, they are forming a
community, which is obvious to happen. Even in India, when you take up
professional courses like MBA in a city like Pune you will find small groups
formed within divisions/classes. And very often do we find these groups pulling
each other’s leg or passing comments. Now, this is what I think has occurred
there and has not been taken in stride by the Aussies. Well, again this might
be a possibility and may not be the actual reason. Another thing that I feel
might be a big reason is that Indians basically are very conservative and as a
reason try to find out ways of saving. As a result the Indian community there,
is living in suburbs and not in actual cities. Now, that may be a reason behind
these attacks. And one big issue that can be an actual cause is that Indians
might have not integrated with the Aussie culture. You need to be polite and
polished type of an individual in such countries. It’s very important to
express gratitude or apologize when needed which when not done seems to be rude
and offensive.So, I come back to my question again to point out and state that
I think that it's both the countries who need to sort it out by knowing each
other and adapting to each others ways because it's neither going to be good to
the Indians nor the Aussies because Indians not sending their children for
higher studies over there will be a bigger setback for them.
If
above said issues are or might be the reasons for these attacks then we need to
change, which in turn will change the Aussies. Having said that, if racism is
the actual issue then some harsh steps need to be taken and the culprits should
be punished.
Whatever
be the reasons, measures should be taken asap to avoid any further similar
issues taking place which might led down to a possible downfall between both
the countries.
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