i candidly never thought that i will ever come to australia. the good news is, i am not on a student visa nor a tourist visa and niether a temporary visa of any other kind. my father has been issued a family visa for permanent residency upto 5 years which brings me to this wonderful country.
my mom was very much afraid to come here and on the otherside couldnt resist the comforts which australia had in store for her. She did have few racist bad dreams in india such as our family being attacked by a group of teenagers. in some dreams i was stabbed ,kidnapped or nearly killed.
However life seems contrary here as we had thought in india. i have no doubts whatsoever, that indian media is to be blamed and held responsible for sour international relations between india and Australia.
well to be honest, australia is just the contrary of what is shown on india media channels. i dont find it racist. When was the last time, an stranger walking on the streets gave me a smile in india. the answer is i dont remember and probably such cases were once in a blue moon. well, it happens here practically every otherday with me and my family.well some people may have turned bad in a frustration over job losses to indian students, then doesnt mean you have the right to label the whole country going ghun go accross the globe. i think indian media should be more responsible and shouldnt blow issues out of proportion.
well take this for a matter, a 13 year old standing in front of sparsely populated class with a white rectangle shaped cardboard written "i love sagar" (sagar is my younger sibling who studies in 7th grade in Brunswick Secondary College). the above incidence gives u a glimpse of OZ. now, our media channels may claim it as an obsecene and indecent. but i claim it to be love ,sweet love.
i have not experienced anything till date, which brings me to a conclusion of what those channels claim. i also completely agree to the fact that there are problems sometimes which some indians face here. i mean one off in an incidents are always possible but you cant expect governments to take a stand and fight it off.
i am really beginning to love the country and its culture. i am really beginning to dream a life, a life away from jam packed local train communiting and dull mud playgrounds with no grass.
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Home will and always be sweeter than any other place on planet Earth. Even if the new place offers babes, grass and opportunities
well even i m unsure, thats y i have specifically stated i m beginining to dream..
and yes.. home is sweeter.. i know that..
Umang, I applaud your efforts to embrace this country as your own, your being open to acknowledge what it has offered your family and the creative manner in which you have put your thoughts into words. I am of the opinion that home is where your heart is. Its time for us to have total faith in what we believe in and make the best of what life has offered us.
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