Dear Mylotters from Australia.

Are you kidding me? Sorry to respond so late but I must have been living under a rock because, believe it or not I did not know of these disgusting attacks. I am fully informed now and I feel appalled by this and I hope the culprits will be severely dealt with. I feel shocked, hurt and embarrassed that such attacks have occurred; they were obviously fuelled by racism and hatred. I still see Australia as a country with an accepting heart and tolerance and I do still believe that the majority of the population here feels the same as I do and these atrocious individuals do not represent Australia and its people.

Looks liek no australians are responding. Australia has the policy of letting international students work upto 20 hours a week. From what I understand, the work permit is causing some problems, because their Jobs are getting 'stolen'. Though, racism is also likely to have caused the tensions.

This is most condemnable and I despise this whole heartedly. This is not just about Indians. I condemn all such acts of racialism and demeaning hatreds of mankind. This is universal issue and its time that we took the cudgels in our hands. Coming to thick of it, this earth is no good for weak people. We have to be brave and fight it out. Just because it doesn't affect me shouldn't be the reason that we stay passive. We have to fight this global issue hand in hand with the global citizens.

Modern civilized times??? The world is no longer civilised just as the above response suggests. We are becoming barbaric. Greed and jealously are taking over. Right and wrong have new significance. The people of the world are destroying it and themselves

Hi bala, What is civilize these days? it seems as though we are going backward, there is always things like this everywhere and the goverments should stamp this out, people seem to forger the last war. Tamara

These are gangs which are unleashing attacks. That too in two cities in the entire CONTINENT of Australia. They cannot be termed as attrocities. And what modern civilized society. There is no civilized society in India too. It is the Kalyug and it will turn for the worse till the birth of Kalki, the final avatar of Vishnu. That marks the end of the Kalyug as per Hindu belief. The faith apart, the people in general are selfish. People in families cant live together. There are stray incidents within families. And here we are expecting one country's population -- every member of it to be civil to members of other countries. That expectation is a bit too high. There is an old saying -- When in Rome be like a Roman. So when in Australia be like an Australian. Those who are successful in that have no problems not only in Australia but in any other country. Those who are not and keep harping of their Indian identity, will keep feeling alienated. I have a firm belief. If you feel this sudden indianness when you go to live there then why did you leave India in the first place. Why not stay here and help her to soar high.

Hey there, Yes its shameful. Just few months ago one of my friend went to Sydeny for his masters studies. I guess now people will think twice before going to any abroad universities as there is so much security problems. Trust me its very common in places like UK and Canada also. One of my friend was in scotland and he had to work part time and his boss was rude to him just becoz of his nationality. The only differance this time is its getting media attention thus we are getting to know all these things. I on the other hand believe that we ourselves are the culprit. Why are we interested to study abroad and invest so much in foreign land? When we can invest these money in building new colleges, better universities and better education system in our own country. When are we going to learn that foreign land is a foreign land and its our responsibility to make our country beautiful. Cheers, Tutul

In my opinion, this was just as much a case of opportunism as it was racially motivated. Attacks such as these are an unfortunate reality in regions throughout the world and is NOT a uniquely Australian issue. I believe that yes, the Government is taking adequate steps for now as they've allocated considerable resources to tackle the issue head on; and have also set up a Task Force to address this. The actions were wrong on every level, the perpetrators WILL be caught and they'll be punished to the full extent of the law. Things like this happen because there will always be negative and misguided individuals in this world looking to gain benefit through undesirable means. No matter how tough any country becomes on crime, it will always occur somewhere because some people just don't know any different. My heart goes out to the Indians attacked and I'm firm in stating that these acts were NOT a representation of the feelings of a majority of Australians towards Indians or any other nationality.

Its all been blown out of proportion.The Indians here are protesting about the indian media over there for over reacting.Its not as bad as it seems and is just a coincidence...

I support your discussion Bala, and I would like to add: We as Indian are concerned about attacks on our fellow country in Australia and we are dependent on Media for updates. Will be thankful to our friends who live in Australis, who could throw some light on this issue.