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Australia :
The racial tension between Indian Students and Australian youth is accelerating once again after a periodic lull.
As per the report coming in three Indians were attacked by a group of nearly 70 Australian youths in Eastern suburb of Epping on Saturday. 26 year old Sukhdeep Singh, his brother Gurdeep Singh and his uncle Mukhtiar Singh were playing pool around 11 o’clock with other family members when they were attacked by nearly 70 Australian local youths who were attending a party there.
First they started by passing degradatory comments and when they received no response they started telling them to go back to their own country. Sukhdeep Singh and his family decided to leave that place but as they were getting into their car in the car park they were physically attacked by these local youths and they were bashed up badly.
Police has arrested 6 out of nearly 70 miscreants. The Australian Government had assured our External Affairs Minister S.M.Krishna last month that Indian students will be protected.
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Veena ji,
I agree with Graeme to some extent.Some days ago,I was in chat room with my known to student studying in Melborne at present.I was told by him that the Asians particularly Indians are known to carry hard cash with them whereas Oz and other whites never carry cash with them.This is the main reason that the local jobless youths and drug addicts targets them and resort to violence to snatch the money.An amount of 5 dollar is sufficient for them to resort to such violence.He also refuted the theory of attacks being racial.I want to extend my heartiest gratitudes to Graeme for raising his voice against such attacks.I also doubt the figure of 70.They may be onlookers but those who assaulted the trio must be far less.Seventy people can cause much damage and the result could have been more serious.
I agree with Graeme to some extent.Some days ago,I was in chat room with my known to student studying in Melborne at present.I was told by him that the Asians particularly Indians are known to carry hard cash with them whereas Oz and other whites never carry cash with them.This is the main reason that the local jobless youths and drug addicts targets them and resort to violence to snatch the money.An amount of 5 dollar is sufficient for them to resort to such violence.He also refuted the theory of attacks being racial.I want to extend my heartiest gratitudes to Graeme for raising his voice against such attacks.I also doubt the figure of 70.They may be onlookers but those who assaulted the trio must be far less.Seventy people can cause much damage and the result could have been more serious.
(Global Perspectives)
Raj, I give below the exact words from another report.
” The four Indians were attacked by a group outside a bar in Epping on Saturday and the attackers told the victims ”You Indians, just go back to your country”.
The attack comes as Victoria’s Premier John Brumby prepares to go on a mission to India to help repair Australia’s reputation.
The victims say they were bashed by up to 70 people in a car park in High Street at Epping on Saturday night.
But the police say there were only four or five offenders, although there were another 15 people making racist comments.
There have been a string of attacks on Indian students since May this year. The attacks have caused an uproar in India.
India’s external affairs minister SM Krishna was assured by Canberra that students from India would be taken care of.
The latest attack takes place after a brief lull in such incidents in which the victims maintain that the assaults were racially motivated.
The brother-in-law of two of the victims, Onkar Singh, had told ABC’s AM programme that his relatives have suffered serious injuries.
”Sukhdip got very badly injured in that, and Gurdeep has his jaw broken, and Mukhtair’s (the uncle) shoulder is broken,” he was quoted as saying.
”When the attack happened there was a lot of people, about 70 and they might have run away or something because they can all see the whole car park was full with them.”
” The four Indians were attacked by a group outside a bar in Epping on Saturday and the attackers told the victims ”You Indians, just go back to your country”.
The attack comes as Victoria’s Premier John Brumby prepares to go on a mission to India to help repair Australia’s reputation.
The victims say they were bashed by up to 70 people in a car park in High Street at Epping on Saturday night.
But the police say there were only four or five offenders, although there were another 15 people making racist comments.
There have been a string of attacks on Indian students since May this year. The attacks have caused an uproar in India.
India’s external affairs minister SM Krishna was assured by Canberra that students from India would be taken care of.
The latest attack takes place after a brief lull in such incidents in which the victims maintain that the assaults were racially motivated.
The brother-in-law of two of the victims, Onkar Singh, had told ABC’s AM programme that his relatives have suffered serious injuries.
”Sukhdip got very badly injured in that, and Gurdeep has his jaw broken, and Mukhtair’s (the uncle) shoulder is broken,” he was quoted as saying.
”When the attack happened there was a lot of people, about 70 and they might have run away or something because they can all see the whole car park was full with them.”
(Global Perspectives)
Dear Veena Ji,
Being an Indian I’m equally concerned whenever or wherever such violence is resorted to Indians.What I commented above was simply a version of one my known to person who is at present studying in Aus.Asians particularly Indians all over the world are known for there IQ and hard working nature and preference is also given to them over the local youths in various jobs.This may cause some resentment in some sections of the natives. But my comments noted above are based only on the version of an Indian student who has refuted the racial theory behind the attacks.I’m reproducing the extract of my chat with him for your reference only
”me: what about the recently reported attacks on students of Indian origin in Aus? Have you faced such aproblem?
12:22 PM kaptansingh: dere was`t such things which news was showing
they r nor racial
they r just like crimenal
acts
of a few drugadicts
or drunks
dats it
12:24 PM me: but why they target the Indians or Asians, attack them and torch their vehicles?Criminals can do so to anyone?
12:25 PM kaptansingh: coz indian or asians hv hard cash in their pockets wats they want
on the other hand whits or oz`s never take cash wid them
they r soft target coz they do not heart any one
12:27 PM me: but students also do not much cash with them. Local adminstration provides full help to the victims?
kaptansingh: even thoung if they r heart
$5 r a good deal for them
and wats indian students thinks that they must hv a least $100 wid them every time
for bad time
12:30 PM me: oh ! Take care dear.One has to save himself.Blacks used to resort to such acts in US(New York) They call it bugging.
12:31 PM kaptansingh: these incidents happened in a few areas
m living in good area”
You may draw your own concusion after this.
Being an Indian I’m equally concerned whenever or wherever such violence is resorted to Indians.What I commented above was simply a version of one my known to person who is at present studying in Aus.Asians particularly Indians all over the world are known for there IQ and hard working nature and preference is also given to them over the local youths in various jobs.This may cause some resentment in some sections of the natives. But my comments noted above are based only on the version of an Indian student who has refuted the racial theory behind the attacks.I’m reproducing the extract of my chat with him for your reference only
”me: what about the recently reported attacks on students of Indian origin in Aus? Have you faced such aproblem?
12:22 PM kaptansingh: dere was`t such things which news was showing
they r nor racial
they r just like crimenal
acts
of a few drugadicts
or drunks
dats it
12:24 PM me: but why they target the Indians or Asians, attack them and torch their vehicles?Criminals can do so to anyone?
12:25 PM kaptansingh: coz indian or asians hv hard cash in their pockets wats they want
on the other hand whits or oz`s never take cash wid them
they r soft target coz they do not heart any one
12:27 PM me: but students also do not much cash with them. Local adminstration provides full help to the victims?
kaptansingh: even thoung if they r heart
$5 r a good deal for them
and wats indian students thinks that they must hv a least $100 wid them every time
for bad time
12:30 PM me: oh ! Take care dear.One has to save himself.Blacks used to resort to such acts in US(New York) They call it bugging.
12:31 PM kaptansingh: these incidents happened in a few areas
m living in good area”
You may draw your own concusion after this.
(Global Perspectives)
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Modern industrialised cities are violent places. A lot of people get assaulted. I have been assaulted.
If there are people in Australia with anti-Indian sentiments they are certainly not in the majority. Most little-minded thugs are just scared of anything or anyone or culture which is different - they are as likely to assault someone who supports a different football team or lifestyle - and thugs and violent intolerance are a global phenomenon.
I think the media has tried to exaggerate what has happened to take it’s own benefit from the situation - in relation to the string of attacks on Indian students, etc. By casting this as a racial issue we forget that it is first a human issue and that responding to hate with more hate achieves absolutely nothing.
Rape, violence, murder, intolerance, discrimination - they are not a singularly Australian phenomenon and in as much as the wickedness of humanity also exists here in Australia - it is dubious to make assumptions about a whole nation based upon the actions of a few ignorant fools. Wickedness is a global phenomenon.
Violence and discrimination are wrong whoever does it and whatever the context or location.
Namaste
:)
Maybe you are right that the matter is exaggerated by the Media to sell the news. And even the students need to be careful to roam around during the night hours. That is the peak timings for the goons to probably attack people, plus foreigners are always an easy target as compared to the locals.