Monday, June 29, 2009

'Old' Indians in Australia say young Indians invite attacks...

Conspicuously missing from the entire issue of Indian students being attacked in Australia is the Indian immigrant community that has distanced itself from the young community of Indians, particularly those who are ``well settled'' and consider the whole brouhaha surrounding the attacks on students as ``unnecessary''.

The immigrant Indian community in this continent country is resenting this attention on them ``for all the wrong reasons''. They say they had lived peacefully in this nation for years together but the sharp rise in the student population followed by the problems of attacks on them has made the community suddenly uncomfortable with its Indian identity. For this reason, the Indian immigrant community here has remained invisible even as students spoke against the government rather vociferously demanding that the government should protect them better. More...

See also:

  1. Africans victims of racial insults in India...
  2. Violence against Indian students in Australia: a class issue?
  3. Indian students in Australia stab man in retaliatory action...
  4. Don't believe the media hype about Australia being racist...

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