Indu Balachandran

Ela Bhatt: A gentle revolutionary who changed millions of lives indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

An essay that sings an exquisite song of migrant memory-making @JasmeetSahi @PortsideReview

@fian was disappointing on SBS. Advocate for early repatriation of our citizens rather than defending the government's problematic travel ban by calling it "odd". Whom are they representing? So many Indian-Australians disagree.

@GetUp Add your voices to me.getup.org.au/petitions/brin…

The UK had 1000 per million new cases daily - no ban The US had 907 per million new cases daily - no ban India 225 per million new cases daily - travel ban and jail time. We have to call these new rules out for what they are – racist.

@ACOSS @iFECCA Add your voices to me.getup.org.au/petitions/brin…

"Families are scared at this time, and the imposition of this travel ban has added to the fear and anxiety that the community is feeling... The Government must find an alternative solution and organise repatriation flights for Australian citizens." @iFECCA Chair Mary Patetsos

@smh @Bhuva_at_UTS Add your voices to me.getup.org.au/petitions/brin…

The Herald's View: For Australia to completely abandon more than about 600 vulnerable Australians in India, and another 8000 wanting to come home, is an embarrassment to this nation #Echobox=1620032585" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">smh.com.au/politics/feder…

@mrbenjaminlaw Add your voice to me.getup.org.au/petitions/brin…

"Epidemiologists are questioning why Australia has banned all flights from India, with a Guardian analysis revealing India has fewer coronavirus cases per capita than either the United States or the United Kingdom during their respective Covid peaks." theguardian.com/world/2021/apr…

@MadhokNeha I have to chat to you, Neha. Add your voice to me.getup.org.au/petitions/brin…

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On the matter of advice theguardian.com/australia-news… #auspol

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@ErikPaartalu Add your voice to me.getup.org.au/petitions/brin…

As an Aussie that has lived and worked in India for 4 years now I have never felt so far away from feeling Australian. I don't know how you can deny citizens to return home especially when there are hotel quarantines in place.

@tarang_chawla Add your voice to me.getup.org.au/petitions/brin…

The Australian Government is actively considering fining #StrandedAussies $66,000 or sending them to jail for FIVE YEARS if they try to return to Australia from India. I thought Australia was all about looking after each other, but I guess I got that wrong? I feel numb.

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@PallaveDasari Add your voice to me.getup.org.au/petitions/brin…

Well, I've had Indian relatives ask me why the Australian Govt wants to jail Australian Indians returning home to Australia from India We already have an awful reputation overseas for the way we treat refugees. Now the world sees how we treat our own citizens #strandedAussies

@shakirahussein PLease add your voices to me.getup.org.au/petitions/brin…

Remembering these thoughts as an adult, I've always dismissed them as the product of an overactive childhood imagination. But the current Indian travel ban has me thinking that my childhood self knew just what white Australia was and remains capable of doing to its racial others.

During my first family visit to India when I was eleven years old, I spent a lot of time wondering 'what if they bring back the White Australia policy while we're away and don't let me back into the country?"

@SenatorWong PLease add your voice to me.getup.org.au/petitions/brin…

Labor stands with the people of India and the Indian community in Australia in this distressing and challenging time. My full statement on the situation.

@alexbhturnbull @ScottMorrisonMP Add your voice to me.getup.org.au/petitions/brin…

@johnpilger Add your voice to me.getup.org.au/petitions/brin…

Racism runs so deep in Australia that banning Indian-Australians from returning home, with threats of fines and jail, may shock the world but comes naturally for the Morrison govt. Covid has come from the US, so surely a ban on US flights? Of course not. bbc.com/news/world-aus…

@MayorDarcy Add your voice to me.getup.org.au/petitions/brin…

Remember during the bushfire disaster when these Indian Australians fed families who’d been made homeless and forced to flee the inferno. It’s very sad that their family members and compatriots are being refused re-entry to Australia now that the shoe is on the other foot.

@KateHumanRights Add your voices to me.getup.org.au/petitions/brin…