Is Australia important for India?

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A few days ago, an agency rang me up and invited me to take part in a telephonic survey on the recent spate of racial attacks on Indians in Australia. In my opinion, Australia is of little importance to India, except that when it comes to global bodies like the UN etc., where generally it has always voted against India. I think the Austrailans need Indians and the money that they bring in more than Indians do, and said as much to the surveyor. Just look at the way their cricketers flock to India for the Indian money that they earn India is a growing economy and Indians after the Chinese are some of the largest spenders today, maybe the Australians and other nations feel threatened by the slow and steady increase of the Indins growing economic power. Indian's are strong in fields that require a lot of logic, are generally hard workers and willing to do a job at a lower wage as compared to the local people, and that must definitely hurt. Instead of tightening their act and hlping their own nation grow by actally putting in the amount of work that they are paid for, maybe the locals have started targeting Indians..... My personal experince with Australians as a journalist, as a traveller has been mostly bad, with the first thing that comes to mind the moment I am asked about Australians is 'Rude people who lack sportsmanship and are bad losers'. I have experienced rudnesss and racism from Australians often, this includes within India too, where the Aussies are actually visitors. Probably, if I were to behave in a similar manner with an Australian in his/her own country, I'd be lynched, but then I felt that since the Australians were guests to my country, respect for the guest, hospitality should take precedence over ego, I just let it go. Do we really need to give Australia the kind of importnace that we do? There are other countries that can offer similar educational facilities at the same or lower price, with stronger anti racial laws and local attitudes, is what I feel. My final take to the surveyor was that Indians students should ban Australian education and look elsewhere, the Indian government should reduce and ultimately braek off all economic activity - maybe over 10-20 years with that country, Indian trade should gradually severe all ties with Australian companies - where their money is more welcome and they are treatd as guests, humans and peers should be. We don't really need the Australians, they need us .......