Surfers wait for officials to open Bondi Beach in Sydney as coronavirus pandemic restrictions are eased. The beach is open to swimmers and surfers to exercise only.
Empty seats ring the field during a One Day International cricket match between Australia and New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney. Cricket Australia announced that t...
India's Richa Ghosh, right, plays a shot past Australia's Alyssa Healy during the Women's T20 World Cup cricket final match in Melbourne.
Australia's Delissa Kimmince, left, checks on India's Tanya Bhatia, center, after she was hit in the head by a delivery during the Women's T20 World Cup cricket final match in Melb...
Australia's Megan Schutt, second left celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of India's Shafali Verma during the Women's T20 World Cup cricket final match in Melbourne.
Australia's Meg Lanning walks off after losing her wicket to India during the Women's T20 World Cup cricket final match in Melbourne.
Indian players celebrate the wicket of Australia's Meg Lanning during the Women's T20 World Cup cricket final match in Melbourne.
Australia's Beth Mooney lifts her bat after scoring 50 runs during the Women's T20 World Cup cricket final match against India in Melbourne.
Australia's Alyssa Healy, left, drives the ball in front of India's Tanya Bhatia during the Women T20 World Cup cricket final match against India in Melbourne.
Katy Perry performs before the start of the Women's T20 World Cup cricket final match between Australia and India in Melbourne.
Katy Perry performs before the start of the Women's T20 World Cup cricket final match against Between Australia and India in Melbourne.
South Africa's Nadine de Klerk, centre, is congratulated by teammate Trisha Chetty, right, after taking the wicket of Australia's Ashleigh Gardner during the Women's T20 World Cup ...
A worker stands under an umbrella as rain falls on the Sydney Cricket Ground delaying the start of the Women's T20 World Cup cricket semifinal matches in Sydney.
Australia's Alyssa Healy hits the ball to the boundary while batting during the Women's T20 World Cup cricket semifinal match between South Africa and Australia at the Sydney Crick...
An ambulance car is parked in front of the former geriatric center 'Am Wienerwald' (At The Vienna Forest) in Vienna, Austria where a tourist care center for 58 corona virus infecte...
A participant marches in the 42nd annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade in Sydney.
Participants march in the 42nd annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade in Sydney.
Indian batswoman Shafali Verma during the group stage ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020 match between India and Sri Lanka at the Junction Oval in Melbourne, Australia.
Sri Lankan batswoman Athapaththu during the group stage ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020 match between India and Sri Lanka at the Junction Oval in Melbourne, Australia.
In this photo sourced from ICC, Indian batswoman Shafali Verma plays a shot during the ICC Women's T20 Cricket World Cup match between India and Bangladesh at WACA in Perth, Austra...
Sydney Morning Herald report on this week's magazine cover story:
IT IS a magazine cover that will make the hearts of Australian university bosses and diplomats sink.
"Why the Aussies hate us" screams the cover of this week's influential Indian news magazine Outlook.
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The editor-in-chief of Outlook, Vinod Mehta, defended the coverage and denied allegations that the Indian media were overreacting. He told the Herald: "We sent two correspondents to Australia and they found that an overwhelming number of these incidents were racial and they found that Indians in Australia live in fear. There is tremendous outrage in this country. I don't think the Australians realise that."
Mr Mehta said one reason for the anger was the "smug and superior attitude of the Australian government for denying there was racism and then telling the Indians not to hype this up".
Mr Mehta said he published the story with great regret.
"I like Australia a great deal but you have to see there is a problem, and by denying it you won't get anywhere."
Read the full story at SMH
R. Jagannathan in the DNA makes a very timely reminder:
Over the last few weeks, the world has come face to face with Australian racism. Australia has some of the toughest anti-racial legislation in the world, just as we have some of the most draconian anti-casteism laws. But legislation does not make a society less racist, less communal or less casteist.Read more at DNA
Only steady social change, continuous interaction between communities, a liberal education system and empowerment of the downtrodden can do that. But that's a long process.
What the race attacks Down Under tell us is that no one in the world is immune from us-versus-them tribalism. Racism and xenophobia have been a part of the human mental make-up for thousands of years.
