It's simple: India doesn't want to see its citizens harmed

This article was published in The Sydney Morning Herald 15 January 2010

Picture the scene of a car accident. An injured person lies on the ground needing help while the two drivers squabble over who caused the crash. That's about how intelligent the debate over attacks on Indian students has been.

It is embarrassing to watch politicians, police and the media in Australia and India engage in a dialogue that has so far been fatuous and, quite frankly, infantile.

On both sides there has been a lot of hot air and finger pointing. It's a dialogue of the deaf.