I suggest you read most of the answers at http://qna.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/?ref=permalinkquestion&question_id=195490 rather than having me to supply what is what.
As my son said to me when he paid us a visit at the weekend - every student (not necessarily Indian) coming into the country ought to be given orientation not only about university life, but also by: 1. Police, regarding personal safety (what routes to avoid) 2. Fire fighters, regarding safety within the premises, especially how fires can occur easily caused by carelessness with cigarettes, lighters and cooking appliances (houses here are mostly wooden-framed, have wooden-floors, the external brick, if any, being just a facade - aka brick-veneer). 3. Surf life-guards, regarding safety on the beach. A number of foreign students in Melbourne come from land-locked areas, and they think the sea is just another "swimming pool", not knowing that there are under-currents and rips that can draw one out to sea in an instant. What I have said above is not a criticism of people coming in to Australia (or even going to Europe, for that matter), but something to be aware of when one moves to a place one is not familiar with. BTW, some 14 years ago, when I went to Canberra, the taxi-driver in Canberra asked me where I came from - I told him "Preston", where upon he said "ooo a dangerous place for us taxi drivers". On enquiring, he told me about a couple of attacks on taxi drivers that had occurred in the area. Those drivers were white. Then it was the Somalis who were the taxi drivers, and they too suffered at the hands of some idiots who were too drunk to know what they were doing. Nowadays, nearly all the taxi drivers happen to be Indian. And it is now they who are being addressed improperly, worse now due to prevalence of drugs such as GHB, ice and what have you, in addition to alcohol. I hope you get what I am saying. Gabriel. ----- Original Message ---- > From: Samir Kelekar <samir_kele...@yahoo.com> > To: Goanet <goanet@lists.goanet.org> > Sent: Wed, 20 January, 2010 4:40:26 PM > Subject: [Goanet] Indian students targettied in OZ: Victoria police chief > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/indians-abroad/Indian-students-targeted-in-Oz-Victoria-police-chief/articleshow/5479169.Icms > > This further bursts the NRG bubble. NRGs stand exposed now. > > regards, > Samir __________________________________________________________________________________ See what's on at the movies in your area. Find out now: http://au.movies.yahoo.com/session-times/
