Don’t go there

The Indian Express, 1 February 2010

Just don't go. That's the latest advice the ministry of external affairs has given students planning to study in Australia. Ever since the wave of attacks on Indian students, the Indian government has repeatedly expressed concern. On January 5, it issued a travel advisory asking students studying, or planning to study, in Australia to take basic safety precautions. And on January 19, Minister for External Affairs S.M. Krishna threatened a stronger advisory: asking Indian to just not go. Ten days later, that is exactly what Minister of State Preneet Kaur has advised. Is this an over-reaction?