The president of the Australian Alumni Association Rishi Singla said “We must not think of Australia as a bad country or a racist country,”. The latest attacks on the Indian Students studying in Australia could be the acts of petty criminals, drug addicts, or junkies who look out for soft targets to attacks.
The Australian Alumni Association, an umbrella organization in India in lieu of Indians who studied in Australia and includes all ex-students of the Indian origin from the 38 Australian universities. This organization has chapters in Hyderabad, Banglore, Chennai and Mumbai.
Rishi Singla said “Let us not conclude that Australia is a racist country or a country where outsiders are treated badly. We need to give time to the government to investigate the incidents,” .He also said that he could not recall a single case of racial bias during his nine years in Australia.
Australia has been attracting a huge number of Indian students and has around 75,000 Indian students, as per Australian Educational International.
Singla pointed out “With the number of Indian students increasing in Australia ,several Australian universities are opening their branches in India to woo more students,”
Rishi Singla lived in Australia from 1998 to 2007 and returned to India as he had a family business to take care of. “Most Indian students wish to take up permanent residence in Australia,” said Singla, adding that his two daughters were born in Australia. The mixed culture in Australia is what attracts most of the Indian students, he added.
Singla, who was the president of the Indian Students Association at Griffith University in Brisbane, with 500 Indian students as its members said he had happy memories of Indian night events in which both Indian and Australian student participated.
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