Twenty three-year-old Sunny Bajaj is the latest victim of racist attacks in Australia. Sunny, who is studying management in Melbourne, was abused and attacked by two men as he was about to get into his car.
"They beat me in the head, my finger is fractured and they also asked me for money. They also passed racial slurs," he said.
In Delhi, Sunny's family is worried and want the government to take strong action.
"Had the government taken effective steps this would not have happened," Sunny's mother Sushma Bajaj said.
But the Indian government is downplaying the whole issue as Australia's internal matter.
"I think this must be seen principally as a domestic issue for Australia to deal with within their own society rather than as a bilateral problem between Australia and India," Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor said.
Sunny is the 14th Indian to be attacked in Australia in less than a month. And despite the Australian government's safety assurances, racist violence continues. His family now wants him back home.
For now, Sunny's sister Dimple who was hoping to join her brother in Australia to study graduation has dropped the idea.
