India gets a different response from Australia, and its sad

During in Australian crisis the Indian community residing in Australia has always rolled up their sleeves and got to work. During floods they were there providing support and during the bush fires many Indian restaurants produced hot meals for staff and front line workers.

I know, because I have been a recipient of their heroism and efforts to ensure many Australians do not go hungry regardless if they are on the front lines or in their moment of suffrage.

The Indian community rolled up their sleeves headed to ground zero and provided for fellow Aussies. Their good will was all for free and they contributed their own funds, paid their own staff and kept the food coming. I heard many state how much the meal they had received ment to them, many had lost alot in the fires and a hot meal was worth more than money.

I can't fathom the hardship people face which is 10 fold if you have young children to also tend to. People often ask what does it matter if someone has kids or not. Those people often don't have kids so they don't know.

Children need to be sheltered, yes as humans we are pretty resilient but through our developmental years we are weak and vulnerable. Unable to adequately address trauma or deal with it. Issues left unresolved or that impact us greatly can have devastating impacts on us in life. It is ALWAYS important to put children first and no one knows this better than a parent.

Which is why it is sad the difference in treatment our Indian Australians are receiving compared to US and UK brothers and sisters.

At current 9000 Indian Australians are stranded abroad trying to return from India with the resolution being that it is too dangerous and Australia is at risk of having another outbreak. The issue is that we're not outta the woods yet and Australia is ALWAYS at risk of having another outbreak.

Instead of focusing on returning to life precovid we should be establishing post COVID responses where we don't all converge into into CBD crammed onto trains. But there are those that want to send everyone back. Quite frankly these people are dangerous to both the economic and health status of our nation. We should learn to live with it I am in agreement. But that doesn't mean we go back to precovid. It means silos and isolation, the less people moving around and heading to the same spot the better. But people can't think clearly in a crisis, no fault of their own but it becomes dangerous when they put others health at risk.

But that doesn't excuse the stance on our Indian community members. This time Last year Australia was receiving thousands of returned travellers from.the US, UK and other nations all of which were experiencing chronic out breaks of Corona Virus and new strains were on the rise. A risk to any health response especially one that is developing a vaccine for.

Australia prides itself on being a multicultural society treating people of all nations equally, which is why our latest stance is quite odd. We shut our boarders to Australians trying to return home purely because they are in India?

I understand the health precautions but there is no different risk now then there was 12 months ago, no killer strain of COVID has emerged and vaccines are beginning to be rolled out.

I remember those days on the front lines, I was scared even if I didn't show it. But I was happy being out there helping Aussies, I would lay my life down to get others home. To be locked away from your family even if this was the end. There would be no greater feeling of loss and defeat then being kept away from family and friends in our final moments.

14 months on we know it's not the end, just a blip in time and space as we battle around the clock to keep the economy ticking, people safe and the world turning.

In time we will win and we will defeat this virus and bringing people home should be a priority.

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