Hell Down Under : Australia

On May 24, a 25-year-old student from India was stabbed in the head with a screwdriver during a mugging in Melbourne. On June 2, an Indian student was robbed by a gang of five men, who slashed his chest with a box cutter after demanding money and cigarettes. According to a report by Australian police authorities, the state of Victoria (of which Melbourne is the capital) reported 1,440 attacks against Indians in the 12 months ended June 2008, up from about 1,000 attacks in the previous 12 months. About 50,000 Indians live in Melbourne, a city of 4 million, according to government estimates. On May 31, close to 1,000 Indians took to the streets in Melbourne and about 300 protesters ringed the Australian Embassy in New Delhi. So from all of this we can certainly conclude that Australia is hell down under for Indian students specially. But why now? Well this question is buzzing in everyone's mind but no one knows the answer? Another quest that keep buzzing is that whether these attacks were racial or not? From the above information we can see that every time Indian students were attacked so it seemed to be racial in nature.

Our PM had criticized these attacks and talked to his Australian counterpart abt this issue. Many other politicians n Bollywood actors also comes in support of Indian students. But that can hardly change the situation there.....coz the police dept is not quite supportive n not even a single arrest have been made till now.....Indian students collectively contribute over 2 billion dollars to Australia every year so i think they deserve more justice n security. The main cause behind the attacks was money as every time the student was asked whether he/she ve any money ?? But if it was the money why not the other students were targeted...Australian govt shud take this matter quite seriously coz these kind of incidents could raise alarm in other countries as Chinese govt is also worried abt their students security......the govt shud not allow some stupid teenagers who were unable to do anything good in their life now wanted to steal money frm hardworking foreign students for their drugs…I think Indian students shud make their own security grp there in Australia n avoid going in nights or lonely until the matter sorted out. The Australian govt shud act as quick as it can to prevent these kind of incidents in future as it wud really demolish the reputation of Australia as a wonderful country.