Australian`s racist attack on Indians! Is it True?

I Suppose now everyone in India & most people in the world  might be aware of the racist attack on Indian students in Australia.

Was it really a racist attack or just another attack, which unfortunately got caught in the eyes of media & they did their job splendidly as usual ; Blowing up.

I believe its the latter. First we should understand the very definition of Racism. What is racism. Let put the Cambridge Dictionary meaning here “the belief that people’s qualities are influenced by their race and that the members of other races are not as good as the members of your own, or the resulting unfair treatment of members of other races” . If we take this meaning into consideration racism do exists in many countries. It exists even in India too and Australia is not any exception. It all depends on how we take it seriously to our heart & the intention of the Bully Boy. But before we conclude that its a racist attack, lets analyze the possible reasons behind these brutal attacks.

Is it really due to recession ?

One possible reason could be recession. But this may be an opportunist attack too. Masquerading under  the name of recession & unemployment, native people may tend to beat up immigrants & the same ethnic students whom they believe are stealing their jobs  at present &  in the future once they graduate. This is likely to happen. This happened in the history & I`m sure it`ll happen in future too. No matter how civilized we are, the theory on Survival of the fittest is as true as the hatred & fear towards losing one`s own rights & benefits. And its inevitable.  As a matter of fact it not only exists between countries but also between states. If India, I suppose we all are aware of the Shiv Sena`s (a regional party in Maharashtra) attack on North Indians, especially on Biharis, claiming that they are a Job threat for Maharastrians in Railways as the latter claim that the former alone are informed about the openings in their state newspapers.

Are Indians to be blamed?

Another possible reason is that its just another criminal activity which we Indians who staying there handled poorly.Also lets see this issue in a different point of view. Indians had become soft targets. Why? There`s equal number of  Chinese students to  Indian students in Australia. Actually in the 2008 immigration approval list Chinese topped by marginal numbers over Indians. If fear of competition & losing jobs  are the reason for attack, Why Chinese citizens weren’t attacked. This is a serious point of concern. Also there`s lots of anti-Indian communities are proliferating in the social networking sites rather than anti-Chinese Communities. Why is that so?

Where is the Flaw?

We Indians basically forget something,perhaps the most fundamental thing when are in foreign soil. Ignorance & inadaptability towards the foreign Culture. All these sites are accusing some very common reasons over Indians  such  as “ Indians who gang up in their big noisy groups always block the paths where people walk showing no manners even to move out of the way when someone passes by”,”Indians move in every where they can where there’s wealth and that’s generally in white populations and try to make the population Indian “, “Indian`s English Sucks bigtime”. All these reasons may sound silly. But these prevails as  reasons behind a cultural split between Indian & International Students.

My fellow Indians ! Please don`t blow up !

We Indians always create a mess when we are in big group. I heard form couple of my friends who study in abroad in different countries(let alone Australia) say that “When there are just couple of  Indians in the class they are very quiet & focused only on their job; Studies. They do mingle with international students well for their projects & other activities. But when they are a majority or slightly significant number of Indians in a class, they create a hell of situation in the class. They try to run the class in their way.They never mingle with international students, but make their own gangs & misbehave in classes creating nuisance to other students”

I somewhat agree with this point. Grouping is in our blood. We always make groups, be it caste, be it religion, be it language. Indians lack the skills on working or mingling in multicultural society though we may boast that India is the Nation of Unity in Diversity.

Here is an example.Indian taxi drivers staged a large strike in the center of Melbourne around last year, burning things as well. These things are simply not done in Australia &  shouldn’t be. We Indians are very very quick to pull the race card out and say that someone is being racist, when people of other cultures disagree with them.This is exactly what happened in this Indian student attacks.This could be a natural attack by some misbehaved Kids at their teens. This can happen to anyone, be it Indian or Asian. But when we take up this issue & make a fuss of it, We make ourselves the most eligible targets  for those anti-social gangs.

Last Saturday, 6th of June, there was rally by Indian Students in Melbourne , over the attack on Indian students. The Indian & Asian Community heads warned the students that it might provoke a backslash. The worst part of it is no one knew who are the organizers. SMS kept spreading asking Indian students to join the rally in spite of the warning from the Indian community heads. The rally was not informed to Cops. Just another Mobs in creation.This behavior will definitely create a bad impressions, even on the neutral Australians over Indians.

Now Talking about Diplomats..

Indian students represent about 18% of foreign students and are worth A$12bn to the economy. This is a significant figure in Australian economy. Now, after the attack on Indian students, Chinese Govt also has raised concerns over the safety of their citizens whoare studying in Australia. I believe Australia may not agree upon this act as racist attacks as it might create a dent in their revenue.

What Could be done?

Indians in Australia should calm down. We should stop rallying around aggravating  more agitation, planting cultural split & hatred. This will get more worse if we keep on messing up more.A kind advice to all Indians abroad lets behave well when we are abroad, in lining with their culture. Let us stop showing our cultural obsession at the expense of gaining countrymen`s hatred.I know I sound more anti-Indian. But if you want lok for the guilty we need to look in to the mirros. I believe in the saying  “Be a Romanian when you are in Rome” & let us be. Another kind request to Media “Please Stop Blowing it”

Its Getting Ugly

It seems now things getting uglier. 2 Days back an Indian Student was again beaten up by some misfits with a steel rod around 1 AM in the morning while he was returning home. He was found unconscious by another Indian Student. Situation is getting worse. I believe the rallying & protests are provoking the pugnacious misfits in the Australian society. At this point we cannot blame Indians. Being Treated equally with respect is every individual`s right and we are not any exceptions. But now it seems these misfit & radical Australians using this opportunity to quench their Sadism.

This is high time Diplomats are expected to take some serious action to keep things in control without tweaking the Indo-Aussie Relationship. Lets hope for the best.

For more Views on this issue, Visit

http://upiasia.com/Blogosphere/Editor-Rupee-News/20090605/do_australians_hate_indians/

http://spmallick.blogspot.com/2006/10/we-hate-india.html

http://rupeenews.com/2009/05/29/massive-backlash-against-india-why-do-australians-hate-indians/

http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/2005/12/16/and-yes-australia-is-racist/