As a student myself I can well imagine why any Indian student will want to go abroad to pursue his or her education and then a carrier. The reason is simple. It’s not because we do not have good universities, here in India but firstly because the choice of universities is limited and secondly the opportunities which great us after pursing a particular stream is well if not zilch, it is exceedingly restricted.
Several students have in the past traveled long distances away from their homes in search of a perfect education that can help them secure a future that is prosperous in every dimension. The relation our nation shares with several others seemed to deepen with this exchange of bright minds.
Australia for example is the third largest earner in the international student sector, which is only behind coal and iron ore earning them a colossal amount of A$18 billion in 2010, as stated in the Toronto Sun.com.
Elaprolu Jayachandra, Anuj Bidve, Alok Gupta, Nitin Garg and many more Indian students have faced the worst fate imaginable to mankind within a few months of setting foot outside their own country. All of them have been victims of reason free murder. This has made the world think deep about these attacks: where they just random attacks or where they driven by racial motives?
Whether these attack where dictated by the racial difference is hard to say as the circumstances under which these murders were committed say otherwise. International students in India have also faced a fate similar to Elaporlu and the others. Rapes, murders, mobbing etc are worries that every international student has to some extent learned to live with. Despite of all the arguments that can be sighted it is a fact that Nitin Garg was a victim of pure racism in Australia. This attack had ignited a diplomatic catastrophe damaging the national student sector of Australia.
But then again if we look closely with in the rugged boundaries of India, we will witness several atrocities faced by Indian students. In this context the mention of Shiv Sena and their rage against the students who migrated to Mumbai is worthy of mention.
How is the Australian scene different from the Indian scene then? The answer is simple it is not much different. True it is not like two sides of a same coin but it is not very different either.
Our concern should not be restricted to Indian students placed abroad. It should be about the entire student community. This concern should be universal. Without being preachy it is safe to say that the governments of every nation should buckle up and start taking these atrocities faced by students in a much more serious manner.
All the students who have faced death in the lieu of wanting a perfect education have been survived by their friends and family. An incident like the ones that have been heavily prevalent worldwide now makes one lose faith completely. In times where the world is facing various other political and diplomatic emergencies it is maybe not such a good idea to start losing faith irrevocably.
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