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After the perfect storm: Indian students in Australia
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Image: Will Ockenden / Flickr12 October 2009Janaki Bahahur draws upon her experience as an Indian-born journalist living in Australia to look below the surface of this year’s controversy about the welfare of Indian students in Australia. She identifies the commercial and nationalistic drivers of the sensationalised Indian media coverage, while also observing that the intense media attention exposed genuine problems, not so much about racism as about the quality of vocational education on offer and the motives of Indian vocational students in Australia. She concludes that the storm may ultimately lead to more sustainable education and immigration policies along with improved Australia-India ties.
Image: Will Ockenden / Flickr: Indian students hold up candles in Melbourne, protesting against what they say is targeted violence against the Indian community.
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