Amitabh Bachchan rejects Australian doctorate as mark of protest to racial attacks on Indians
Amitabh Bachchan Bollywood superstar has reacted to racial attacks on Indian students in Australia by rejecting an honorary doctorate offered to him by an Australian university.
It seems that Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane had offered Amitabh Bachchan a doctorate for his contribution to the world of entertainment and he has earlier accepted the title. The honour was to be conferred on Amitabh Bachchan in July as a part of celebrations to commemorate a retrospective of his films to be inaugurated in the city.
Amitabh Bachchan on his blog wrote
“I have been witnessing with great dismay and shock, the recent violent attacks on Indian students in Australia, on the electronic media the entire day … I mean no disrespect to the Institution that honours me, but under the present circumstances, where citizens of my own country are subjected to such acts of inhuman horror, my conscience does not permit me to accept this decoration from a country that perpetrates such indignity to my fellow countrymen”
Australia has recently seen a series of racial attacks on Indian students, the most serious being the assault of Shravan Kumar, a 25 year student from Andhra Pradesh who is battling for life in a hospital here after being stabbed by a screwdriver by a group of teens.
Well done Amitji – only few have such guts and ability to react timely! You have done it while our Government is just talking. Readers write your views below.
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Indians Should stop coming to aUSTRALIA JUST FOR ONE SEMISTER.THIS WILL MAKE A BIG NEWS IN AUSTRALIAN MARKET , WHEN THEY HAVE NO MONEY FROM OOUR COUNTRY.ITS NOT GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO THE STUDENTS IF THEY HOLD FOR ANOTHER 6 MONTHS.
May 31st, 2009