I live in Australia for the last 4 years..never faced any trouble..Aussies are very friendly people... just because few Indian students were attacked by thugs doesnt mean tht the whole country is against us...!! This sort of incidents are unfortunate and can happen to anybody... remember the delhi and goan rape cases !!
Its as if we are the pefect people and we never get into fights...gimme a break !!
Its a media created frenzy... Big B could have assessed the situation better !! Media is the winner here... lots of money spun out of a nothing issue !!
Re: hahha!!
by Howdy Texan on May 31, 2009 07:38 PM
may be there is a screwdriver for you next, who knows. Don't come here to cry then. Keep your clever thoughts by your bedside someone can bury it with you.
Re: Re: Re: hahha!!
by Shalini Talwar on May 31, 2009 05:57 PM
rkdmumbai, people like you need publicity not Amitabh. He is achieving so much at this age too which you will never achieve in your entire life.
People like you are such a low life that they cannot think beyond money. You people are good only at criticising others. I have seen you posting comments with 2 IDs in every post against Big B.
It needs courage to support any Indian openly, not like you who are perfect example of traitor taking every opportunity to criticise good indian who is supporting another Indian.
Everyone should respect the local culture and abide the rules of that state/country/ city/village to lead a peaceful non violence life. Few Indians got thrash from Ausies only due to lack of the above (Though hitting with screwdriver has to be condemned). Amitabh Bacchan, though is in Mumbai, Maharashtra, never felt himself as Mumbaiker therefore his mockery should be guaged in that angle.
Re: Amitabh's Nautanki
by Karan Hans on May 31, 2009 03:17 PM
oh cmon indians abroad are very law abiding. but what really happened. it would add to the richness of thdebate if we could just find out why exactly the australians behaved in this manner. publicizing that itself would create much more mortification than a shrill indian ruckus. after all we want an effective govt crackdown. do you get what iam saying ;)...we want justice ofcourse....something just doesnt add up...why would indians be attacked out of the blue.....lack of justice somewhere ;)
Re: Amitabh's Nautanki
by Shalini Talwar on May 31, 2009 05:47 PM
People like you smells like traitors.
At least Big B has guts to reject the Honors from country who is not taking action against the culprit who are hurting fellow Indians.
Big B is not shameless person like Dilip Kumar who happily accepted Nishan E Pakistan from Pakistan Government. Big B has shown he is real Indian.
In fact all those who live in Australia should go against the Australian Govn who is failing to protect the poor Indian students. Guys like you should open your eyes, these type of attacks can be prevented only if all the Indians including top celebrities and politicians show their concerns about it.
BIG B is 100% right in doing this, open your eyes you fool Indians, no point licking legs of Aussies, if other Indians do not support you in this crisis then don't expect Aussie police for your favor.
Re: what does our law & police do when aussies r attacked?
by Calspadeaspade on Jun 01, 2009 01:57 AM
You can say that for anything. what did sos snsso did when sos and so got attacked. I am sure culprits got prison sentence. If such things happen very frequently, beleive me Aussie GOVt will raise hell. Tourists getting attacked or raped is a crimeby criminals which unfortunately India has plenty. BUt this trend is more like a hate crime. If happens occasionally you can say it is just a regular crime. But students are constantly attacked. You have to speak up.
now now youre being naughty. but iam being too capricious. people would like to score brownie points ofcourse in this debate like mr raj arora. but lets worry about the victims. let the govt take over. a knee jerk reaction may create more resentment. after all its not as if we can ask all our students to come back. they have to live there .perhaps settle there. enjoy the bask of pleasant australian culture. work hard ofcourse ;)
Re: has the sun set on the great indian diaspora
by Karan Hans on May 31, 2009 03:01 PM
i wonder why indians settle abroad...its not as if the goras like us....right mr raj arora
If you don't have idea of the real issues in Mumbai, it is better to keep your stinky mouth shut and not advertise your stupidity and lack of understanding of the core issues.....
What are you trying to say when you refer to Northies being bashed in Mumbai as "Indians"....are you saying that local Maratis are not "Indians".......that is your hypocrisy...cos you are a Northie, you don't want to see the other side of the coin...
You don't want to accept the fact that mass migration from UP/Bihar is distrubing the demographics of Mumbai...the issue is not of migration, the issue is mof mass migration from UP/Bihar taking away the jobs of the locals at grassroots level in Mumbai...and no locals will take that lying down.......be they locals in Mumbai, Hyd, chennai anywhere...
The first right on state resources and grassroots jobs always rests with the locals...so if those jobs are taken away, Maratis are not spineless people to give North Indians a free run......they will fight back and if required, use force to drive those outsiders out...your text book fundaes don't have any value in real life....i'am sure you don't have any appreciation of the ground realities of the mass migration problem inMumbai, hence you yap like a fool...... And instead of arguing like a coward, learn to argue in a sensible mature manner.....if you have the guts, dissect my argument.......
Re: @Polo Polo aka Rohit K Gupta.........
by navin kumar on May 31, 2009 11:33 PM
you have shown a lot of maturity in suggesting Indians to run after each other. So called north Indians are around 40% of indian (UP MP BH etc) population and people like you are outsider who does have any sensitivity towards them .Please learn to respect your fellow country men and use the word "north indian" with respect because they are indian first. This is not that huge that you can call this issue as a fight between Indians in Maharastra and North Indians .Stop spreading hatred by using words like marthi ,UPwala Bihari etc there is sensible and mature way of describing this as a fight between few local groups and non local groups, because many political leaders are good at exploiting them .I am not only dissecting your arguments but your attempt to dissect us indians
Re: Re: Re: Re: @Polo Polo aka Rohit K Gupta.........
by Utpal Parekh on May 31, 2009 03:02 PM
Yawn.......i said dissect my argument if you can....not repeat some trite banalities!!
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: @Polo Polo aka Rohit K Gupta.........
by polo polo on May 31, 2009 03:07 PM
I do understand your point... but you are not undertstanding what he is doing? He is just gaining cheap popularity! If people like Mother Teressa would have done this then I would have applauded and saluted...but why him and why now only... Where is he when so many things are happening in India or have already occured?
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: @Polo Polo aka Rohit K Gupta.........
by Utpal Parekh on May 31, 2009 03:09 PM
Good...if you understand my point, i have no problem in anything else you say.........
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: @Polo Polo aka Rohit K Gupta.........
by polo polo on May 31, 2009 03:13 PM
When people have so much grudge on North Indians taking jobs of Marathis then why would others (foreginers) won't have that grudge... We belong to Independent Nation though not united... Thats a sad story... We are racisit too... and by the way this WE includes all of us...
Re: @Polo Polo aka Rohit K Gupta.........
by ahmad x on May 31, 2009 04:40 PM
Well when companies selling minerals of jharkhand bihar from mumbai main office u enjoy taking taxes.There should be law SO THAT no comapny can sell raw materials taken from different state of india can sell from bombay. the revenue must go to state which is producing it. The company should make factory from where they are getting the raw materials. in this way the people of bihar jharkhand will get enough job in their home state and will not be forced togo to work in inhumane, respectless environment, geting just half or less salary as compared to locals n more hours of usual duty.
Re: @Polo Polo aka Rohit K Gupta.........
by Mak Kumar on May 31, 2009 03:57 PM
Hey Parekh, you seem to be one of those who are swayed by the parochial chauvinism. Nobody has stopped the local in Maharashtra from getting the job- if they have merit they will get it. On the other hand brother, you seem to have forgotten that Maharashtra is a part of India and is not a separate country, every Indian citizen has the right to go and settle anywhere in the country (except Kashmir thanks to the skewed politics of Nehru). When the going was good in Kolkata everybody was being drawn to Kolkat, today the going is good in Mumbai, everybody is being drawn there, tomorrow the going will be good in Bhubaneshwar, same will be repeated. Stop crying and start working hard, and, don't stoop to dirty parochial politics
Re: Re: @Polo Polo aka Rohit K Gupta.........
by Utpal Parekh on May 31, 2009 05:02 PM
Mak Kumar, I will now systematically destroy your argument and smash it to smithereens........ The issue is not of migration, the issue is of mass migration causing demographic shifts wherein grassroots level jobs are taken away from locals by sheer numbers of migrants..
I said grassroots jobs......no one begrudges an enginener or a CA in Mumbai, having taken that job on merit.....
Grassroots jobs don't require merit, you are talking like a fool........these grassroots jobs shoudl always go to the locals, but instead of going to them, they are going to outsiders and hence the problems....what merit are you talking of?? What merit is required to be a courier boy or a pantry boy?? So, you stop whining about Northies being bashed up and don't resort to cheap politics being played by North leaders.....
And you better work hard for a living...i don't need to learn from you what i'am supposed to do......
Maha is surely a part of India...so is Chennai...try doing in Chennai what you guys have been doing in Mumbai....the fact is that you guys are now all worked up cos Maratis have started asserting themselves......Maha is aprt of India and Mumbai is capital of Maha, simple!!
Re: respect more important than awards.
by rohit saxena on May 31, 2009 02:54 PM
Indians are the new jews now.. always being targetted for the great achievements.. just goes to show that those countries who took our money to become developed cant see us taking us backe even through legal means.. and regarding these convicts.. i mean aussies... the lesser is said the better it is... Mannerless is the word
One more by Muhammed Rashid on May 31, 2009 02:09 PM | One more piece of great acting from acting legend Amithabh Bachchan. Comparable to Anand Re: One more by YGee Mahendra on May 31, 2009 02:21 PM Ur name suggests u dont care for India-thats why u call this acting.NO RESPONSIBLE indian will call this gesture as acting-HATS OFF BIG B ygeem by JGN on May 31, 2009 02:28 PM YGee Mahendra, some poor guys do not even know what is called "Self-respect". So they cannot appreciate even a good gesture like what Mr. Amitabh Bachchan has done. Re: Re: Re: One more by Muhammed Rashid on May 31, 2009 02:34 PM How many times your self respect has told you to protest when foreign tourists are raped and murdered in India? Tell them not to come to India. What has happened in australia is crime and i think their govt is taking action. Cheap bhasan baji will not solve any thing. open more institutions then talk. Re: Re: One more by Muhammed Rashid on May 31, 2009 02:30 PM You associated my name with not caring for India. Have you come across Amithabh Bachchan donating generously to any educational institution af great learning in the country by which our students would not venture out for higher education? He spends money on his own publicity. How many institutions are there in India to cater to all the students here? i would have congratulated him if he had atleast built one engineering college or Medical college. Our students are going to Russia and even Nepal. Why
Re: truth
by manish gupta on May 31, 2009 02:55 PM
Mr. Muhammad Its require lots money to built a university or college. An cant affort all this coz whatever money they earn from their fame, they spend on the same to retain them.
We should appreciate BIG B atleast showing a respect for indian n humanity.
Re: truth
by JGN on May 31, 2009 02:47 PM
Muhammed Rashid, would you have been writing the same thing if it was done by Mr. Shah Rukh Khan instead of Amitabh??
Re: Re: truth
by Muhammed Rashid on May 31, 2009 02:51 PM
In fact Amir Khan is advertising against attacks on foreigners in India. It would have been pleasure if amithabh had done those ads. Amitabh will not do public interest ads without money. Where there is money there is amitabh.
Re: Re: Re: truth
by manish gupta on May 31, 2009 02:59 PM
SO what if they are earning money through their fame. dats a bread n butter for them. i dont think they are only made for charity and even we know how charity people use money for their own sake. Let the artsit earn something after a certian perid they cant earn dat type money.
Re: Re: truth
by rohit saxena on May 31, 2009 02:49 PM
No. rashid would have been all praise for SRK coz..SRK has the M factor associated with it... Big B is the greatest not because he has the H factor but the A factor ( Acting )
Re: Re: Re: truth
by Muhammed Rashid on May 31, 2009 02:55 PM
Amitabh's A factor was the gift of Salim - Javed stories where people of M factor helped.
Re: Re: Re: truth
by Muhammed Rashid on May 31, 2009 02:54 PM
Arun Shourie gave money from his MP fund to create an environment friendly building in Kanpur IIT. Can you name one such thing about Amitabh? Arun Shourie is rabidly anti muslim but I respect him for this act of his.
Re: Re: Re: Re: truth
by Vishy on May 31, 2009 03:13 PM
Rashid proves that he is a rabid islamist. So he feels that Shourie is 'rabidly anti-muslim',despite his generosity.Rashidis so small-inded that he is unable to appreciate the sensitivity of big B,who is the all-time shahensha of Bollywood.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: truth
by Vishy on May 31, 2009 03:17 PM
Rashid is small-minded,so he cannot appreciate the gesture of big B, who would have done so many good deeds,without advertising them.
This is the best thing that can happen to Indian students in Aussie land. Why shld these people leave our country and go to foreign land as beggars? Excellent education is available in India itself, so why go abroad? If you ditch your country then you deserve to be hit back.
Re: These students deserve it 100%
by rohit saxena on May 31, 2009 02:51 PM
wow.. what a comment.. because someone leaves his country he should be attacked... what great thinking...love ya
Re: These students deserve it 100%
by Avadhut Joshi on May 31, 2009 02:49 PM
Do u mean studying outside India makes a person a beggar? Huh.. I think ur a frustrated guy who always wished to go outside but didnt get the opportunity. A few IIM's nd few IIT's... dats all in India. In rest of the places, if u hv money then u can even buy out the degree. With politics and black money all involved in education system. Corrupt system.
Re: Re: These students deserve it 100%
by Utpal Parekh on May 31, 2009 03:06 PM
Mr Avadhut Joshi, What he is trying to say is that Australia is not excatly a great destination for quality education...the standard of students in Aus is not of a high order...so, why not astay back in India and get a good qualification??
Don't jump at someone before giving him the benefit of the doubt.....beyond IIT/IIM also there are quite a few good instis in India....
Re: Re: These students deserve it 100%
by Vishy on May 31, 2009 03:23 PM
U re right! Eucation has become a lucrative business in India.There are politicians who own 10-11 colleges in TN. They sell the seats for lakhs of rupees.Since they are the ones who weild power, the people are at the mercy of these power-brokers.
Re: These students deserve it 100%
by Karan Hans on May 31, 2009 02:56 PM
now now youre being naughty. but iam being too capricious. people would like to score brownie points ofcourse in this debate like mr raj arora. but lets worry about the victims. let the govt take over. a knee jerk reaction may create more resentment. after all its not as if we can ask all our students to come back. they have to live there .perhaps settle there. enjoy the bask of pleasant australian culture. work hard ofcourse ;)
