Australia’s High Commissioner to India Philip Green speaks on the student visa controversy, the promise of branch campuses, and why India-Australia relations must look beyond cricket.
Stricter visa rules, growing migration pressures, and Australian universities setting up in India have unsettled many Indian aspirants. Green, however, avers doors remain open for genuine students, even as he reflects on India’s rise, shared ties, and the taste of jalebi and chai.
IT would seem ironic that with cricket in the subcontinent at a standstill, cases of match-fixing are still making headlines. Kingpin bookie Sanjeev Chawla, who was brought back from the UK, is currently being interrogated by the Crime Branch of the Delhi police and is said to have made some sensational claims about the extent of match-fixing in international cricket.