Attacks on Indian students in Australia
By U Sudhakar Reddy
The racial onslaught against Indians in Australia took a cyber turn as street protests ended in Melbourne.
Hate blogs filled the Internet with thousands of bloggers condemning the attacks against Indians. On the flip side, groups like “Hate India” also popped up in social networking sites like Orkut.
People of Indian origin staying in Australia for several years asked the Indian student community to maintain restraint and suggested changes in behaviour that would prevent such attacks in future. Many Australian academicians have posted comments on the website of the Federation of Indian Students of Australia www.fisa.org.au condemning the attacks. However, some anonymous Australians said Indians students were attacked because they often misbehave and create problems in their homeland.
Meanwhile, T. Shravan Kumar, 25, a native of AP, who was critically injured in an attack, is being closely monitored by doctors in the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Mr B. Lakshmi Narasimha, cousin of Shravan, said, “Doctors said that his brain has been damaged.
He was shifted out of intensive care unit to the neuro surgical unit.” Mr Narasimha said two surgeries have been performed on the brain since the attack. He said, “The Indian Embassy has assured that they will take care of the medical expenses. They didn’t give us any written assurance but told us to not to worry about the expenses.” Meanwhile, an Indian taxi driver was attacked by Australian passengers in an inebriated state at Blackburn. It was said the victim was from Hyderabad, but it was later learnt that that he is from Punjab.
By U Sudhakar Reddy
The racial onslaught against Indians in Australia took a cyber turn as street protests ended in Melbourne.
Hate blogs filled the Internet with thousands of bloggers condemning the attacks against Indians. On the flip side, groups like “Hate India” also popped up in social networking sites like Orkut.
People of Indian origin staying in Australia for several years asked the Indian student community to maintain restraint and suggested changes in behaviour that would prevent such attacks in future. Many Australian academicians have posted comments on the website of the Federation of Indian Students of Australia www.fisa.org.au condemning the attacks. However, some anonymous Australians said Indians students were attacked because they often misbehave and create problems in their homeland.
Meanwhile, T. Shravan Kumar, 25, a native of AP, who was critically injured in an attack, is being closely monitored by doctors in the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Mr B. Lakshmi Narasimha, cousin of Shravan, said, “Doctors said that his brain has been damaged.
He was shifted out of intensive care unit to the neuro surgical unit.” Mr Narasimha said two surgeries have been performed on the brain since the attack. He said, “The Indian Embassy has assured that they will take care of the medical expenses. They didn’t give us any written assurance but told us to not to worry about the expenses.” Meanwhile, an Indian taxi driver was attacked by Australian passengers in an inebriated state at Blackburn. It was said the victim was from Hyderabad, but it was later learnt that that he is from Punjab.
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