it seems that when an indian gets hurt here in australia that the indian press are all over it calling us racist , so i was just wondering if in indian the press in india was all over this story

I used to eat a lot of natural foods until.....
I learned that most people die of natural causes.

My never to be humble opinion of Australia is that they have their issues with race, but as a rule are far less racist as a whole than my own country. The USA has made great strides against racism, but has great leaps to go. I have been to Australia 4 times in the last 4 years. Even Brisbane is pretty equilateral to races.

The Truth is out There, it just isn't here.

Dear Mr Richard,
Yes this did make it to news in India also. Our media is not biased and reports news as it is. If its racism then they say its racism. We have problems with our caste system that also gets reported. We do not deny it like Aus Govt does.. our people dont beat the hell out of foreigners coming here n leave them to die..stray incidents are reported everywhere but in Aus its all so often..beating students who had dreams n had come to study in our country. Tht is NOT justified...however shrill your cry is...

@ adi_v when were you in australia

I used to eat a lot of natural foods until.....
I learned that most people die of natural causes.

I used to eat a lot of natural foods until.....
I learned that most people die of natural causes.

hey man why r u agressive?? obstinate n watever else...just back off... i never said i went to ur country....so wats up with lying n being honest...seriously i think u r totally nuts....
God save MF from people like u...

In general i think Indian ppl are polite,non-aggressive and aren't out for confrontation...All the goings on here with the Indian bashings is NOT the white aussie..its the lebonese and asians who hate the Indians.
But the news rarely reports that cause they just say australian and that happens to include them cause they were born here or migrated here...The last indian bashing was by a gang of asians and so was the one prior...Think back to pre 1995 it rarely happened it is only since australia has bowed to PC and allowed so many lebs/muslims in that these bashings have become frequent..Indians are easy targets for them cause they dont fight back. Us white australians are targeted by them also..
Here in Brisbane we have a night-club for "Indians only" so they can enjoy a night out without the harrassment but who hangs outside waiting for them to exit are the lebs..
I reckon India and Australia have had a pretty good relationship up til the 90's a lot of sledging especially at the cricket but in those days you'd rarely see a fist-a-cuff..

thanks for your comments lauren...hope they put some sense in Richard also...sledging in cricket was fine as it was on the ground only..after the match cricketers hanged out together..n i know this because i have seem them when they came here for a match..i was in the same hotel where they partied after a match...

I do think Richard has a point. Adi, I disagree with you that "Our media is not biased and reports news as it is. If its racism then they say its racism". The Times of India, once a respected journal, has been notorious for ignoring relevant facts in the cases of attacks against Indian students. I guess it hasn't helped that the Vic Police in particular have not been forthcoming with information, but the beatup (pardon the pun) is obvious. When you get Indian community leaders in Australia complainign about the bias in Indian press, you know somethings up:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Indians-in-Oz-blame-media-for-blowing-issue-out-of-proportion/articleshow/4609234.cms

Frankly, the media in India is there to sell news and make a profit, like any other media. A story about an Indian student being robbed of his Ipod on a train in Melbourne by two Lebanese youths is going to rate one paragraph on page 38, but change it to "Indian student viciously robbed in race attack in nasty Australia" is going to make page 2 and sell more papers to a gullible public. Thats just the way the world works.
Being in IT, I work with a lot of ex-Indian nationals, and they are uncomfortable with the slander exhibited by papers such as The Times Of India as it has the potential to turn the excellent relationships they have with local-born people into something rotten, just so some media magnate in India can make a few more bucks.

In a nutshell Ladyship! Well said!
Mr Idiot makes a good point also.
Cricket aside, the true blue Aussie and the Indians get along fine....problem is with the whacko imports!
Dick...'totally nuts'

An Indian man who said he was set alight by assailants near his Melbourne home last month accidentally burned himself while torching his car for an insurance claim, police allege.

Jaspreet Singh, 29, of Grice Crescent, Essendon, in the city's north, faced an out-of-sessions hearing early Wednesday before a bail justice at St Kilda Road police complex charged with making a false report to police and criminal damage with a view to gaining a financial advantage.

The case gained international headlines among a series of attacks by white Australians on Indian nationals in Melbourne.

Singh, who is in Australia on his wife's student visa, told police he was doused with petrol and set alight as he parked his car near his home early on Saturday, January 8.

Singh was taken to The Alfred hospital with burns to 15 per cent of his body, affecting his face, arms and hands.

But Detective Senior Constable Danielle O'Keefe of the arson and explosives squad told the hearing Singh suffered the burns while trying to torch his 2003 Ford Futura.

Det O'Keefe said arson chemists and hospital staff had concluded the damage to the car, Singh's clothes and his injuries were not consistent with his story.

"Police inquiries have led us to believe that Mr Singh is in some financial difficulty and that he intended to sell his car but instead stood to gain $11,000 from an insurance claim out of this particular incident," she told the hearing.

Police had obtained security footage depicting Singh buying a 15-litre opaque plastic container and 15,96 litres of petrol on the day before the attack.

The container and other evidence was found at his unit when he was arrested on Tuesday, Det O'Keefe said.

She said Singh had been very co-operative but denied all allegations.

His wife had been questioned about her knowledge of the incident, she said.

Burns were still obvious on Singh's face and neck, and he wore pressure bandages on his arms.

Through an interpreter, Singh told the hearing he and his wife planned a holiday to India, leaving on February 20 and returning in late April to visit his child and extended family.

Det O'Keefe said police did not oppose bail but noted that Mr Singh was a potential flight risk.

The bail justice, who declined to be named, granted him bail with strict conditions banning him from contacting witnesses and attending points of international departure.

He must report to police three times a week and surrender his passport.

He will appear before the Melbourne Magistrates' Court on March 15.

At the time, police Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Neil Smyth described the attack as "a bit strange" and said there was no evidence the attack was racially motivated.

I used to eat a lot of natural foods until.....
I learned that most people die of natural causes.

You stole my thunder, Richard!

CASE 1:

From The New Indian Express, 11 jan 2010:

"When 29-year-old Jaspreet Singh went to park his car around 2 am on Saturday in the Melbourne suburb of Grice Crescent, four men pounced on him, poured inflammable liquid on him and his car and set him ablaze. The horrific incident, which left him with burns on 15 per cent of his body, comes less than a week after the murder of Nitin Garg in the same city. The motive is unknown and he does not appear to have been robbed. Nevertheless, Victoria police say, “there is no reason at this stage to consider this racially motivated.” If the statement had been calculated to enrage, it could hardly have been more provocatively phrased....Perhaps, in Australia, opportunist crimes also involve setting the victim ablaze. In any other country, this would prima facie be considered a hate crime, in this case racist. Not in Australia where the government has made no comment except to ‘unequivocally condemn’ the attack and wait for the police to complete their investigation. Given their record that would be like waiting for Godot.
Canberra has been far behind the curve on this issue right from the start. Even now it does not seem to realise the gravity of the situation as it parrots the ‘no racism’ line. When you set a person on fire that is like a statement. It goes far beyond a crime of opportunity. The act of burning is likely to be interpreted as a wider symbol of intolerance and ethnic cleansing. If that happens we can say goodbye to rational debate and practical, sober responses. Canberra’s obtuse, insensitive attitude is laying the ground for serious damage to bilateral ties..."
link:http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Oz+awaits+racist+Godot&artid=BlCoa2L0rX0=&SectionID=RRQemgLywPI=&MainSectionID=RRQemgLywPI=&SectionName=XQcp6iFoWTvPHj2dDBzTNA==

From the Herald Sun, today:
MAN who said thugs set him alight near his home burned himself while torching his car for an insurance claim, police allege.
Jaspreet Singh, 29, of Grice Crescent, Essendon, in the city's north, faced an out-of-sessions hearing early this morning before a bail justice at St Kilda Road police complex charged with making a false report to police and criminal damage with a view to gaining a financial advantage.
The case gained international headlines among a series of attacks by white Australians on Indian nationals in Melbourne.
Singh, who is in Australia on his wife's student visa, told police he was doused with petrol and set alight as he parked his car near his home early on Saturday, January 8.

CASE 2:
From OneIndia, Jan 29 2010:
"New Delhi, Jan 29(ANI): The body of 25-year-old Ranjodh Singh, an Indian citizen stabbed to death in Sydney, Australia, was flown to New Delhi on Thursday.....Ties between New Delhi and Canberra have been strained due to spate of violent attacks on Indian nationals in Australia, and subsequent media coverage of the events in India.

The Government of India had earlier conveyed its disappointment to Australia over the attacks on Indians and had asked the authorities to do more to prevent such incidents.

"We are disappointed at the attacks that are still continuing. Clearly more needs to be done," Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Vishnu Prakash had said. (ANI)"

From the Sydney Morning Herald, jan 29 (same day as article above):
"A third person has been arrested over the gruesome alleged murder of Indian student Ranjodh Singh.
Police arrested a 25-year-old man at his home in Wagga Wagga just after 9am today and are expected to charge him with murder.
A husband and wife, both Indian nationals, were charged with Mr Singh's alleged murder yesterday following their arrest in Sydney's south. "

Anyone care to comment on the integrity of the Inidan media?

AAAAND for some balance, just to show that media bias is strong in BOTH India and Australia, this article from the Melbourne Herald Sun:

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/delhis-commonwealth-games-slave-labour-shame/comments-e6frf7jo-1225826064514

I refer you to Vin of Delhi's comment about halfway down the comments section for some much needed perspective. Just goes to show, never obtain your opinions from the newspapers.

thank u all for your views...i think enough discussion has been done on this topic..