Now that some satisfactory conclusion is being reached let's do some introspection too. I do not myself think Bhajji should be banned and in fact I think that Symonds was provocative both in Australia and in India and invited the hatred of the crowds and not any racism.
That said, we should also see the kind of hysterical responses some of us have written and expressed here and elsewhere. The abuse, the use of the derogatory words such as Kalia and such, show that many of us highly emotional and have no discipline and control over ourselves. All in the name of righteous indignation. There was even a real Indian monkey here on rediff who responded expressing hatred for South Indians and called them names. So, the question is how mature are we? Are we capable of thinking cooly and calmly on our feet without going ballistic and being immature in crisis situations and in provocative moments? Lashing out at people in anger-generated madness seems to be one of our traits and the world knows that - in fact many autralians commented on that. Only those who can control their aggression can get things done and still command respect.
About color consciousness, I know that both in the North and in the South (especially North) people are very conscious of people's "fairness". They want their children to get married to fair Indians and comment on how fair or dark someone is all the time. This MUST GO! Some Indians who are very fair even think they are somehow very superior
