Afghan students flock to India's universities

Recently, there was almost a riot in our university because of Afghan students (though Indians were also involved!) A student's car brushed slightly against an Afghan student and some 10 of them beat him up. Then Afghans were beaten. In reply, they were planning to beat down every Indian student in our hostel.

However, this turned into a riot and both groups (200+ Indians and 50+ Afghans) threw stones at each other for a couple of hours. Situation went ugly when Indian students threw stones at police.

The point is that Afghan students are not that, well, behaved and cause lots of problems. We have lots of Nigerian students in our university and not a single problem has happened with them. But in first year with Afghan students, this happened!

This is hacker news and a balanced and non partisan report would've been better.

Do you have proof that Indians caused this. The guy tried to make a point that in his view the Afghans caused this. Is he not allowed that?

>Ah, cars don't really brush slightly, now do they? That reads more like "he hit the student with a car" to me. Though perhaps you believe in the stereotype of the exceedingly careful Indian driver, especially the youths... ;) Lay the blame quick. You would presume that the OP is lying especially because Indian youth are rash drivers. That is a fair stretch of the rubber band, if I may say so.

>What's "some 10"? Is that an accurate estimate? I'll take your word for it. Some 10 is acceptably used in Indian English. It means around 10 people. I am sorry if the people involved could not count the exact number of attackers. But since you are being nice and taking his word for it, it should be ok.

>Interesting move to the passive voice! Compare "10 of them beat him up" to "Afghans were beaten". It almost seems like it was simply circumstance. I think Indian were more than "also involved", don't you? They beat up the Afghans after hitting one of them with a car.

They beat up the Afghans after the Afghans beat some of them up because one of them hit an Afghan with a car. And he says he did it accidentally. Stop distorting what he said. If you know otherwise, write about that, but being snarly is not a rebuttal.

>Did they put this out on Twitter or Facebook? I think you mean, "someone spread a rumour that they were planning to beat down ever Indian". No they shouted and threatened to beat every Indian. This is most certainly an exaggeration to be sure. There were far more Indians than Afghans on the campus.

>And again, more "involvement". Which he has already pointed.

>Perhaps, but your story doesn't support that.

Of course. Even if his story was correct, we can't make a sweeping generalization about Afghans.

>Your tale sounds like a kid trying desperately not to lie, but bending the truth just about as far as possible to make it seem that "he started it and it's all his fault" :)

I am glad you can make all of that about somebody. What little I could gather about you is that you knew nothing about the incident yet can be vicious and lawyerly about someone who does. Also imagine a situation when a group of Indian students beats up an American driver in LSU. We can be sure how balanced the narrative would be then.

Oh please! "Vicious and lawyerly"? I was making fun of his so-slanted-it-was-almost-horizontal report by showing that the same "facts" could equally show the Indian students in the worse light. I even threw in a couple of smilies to lighten the tone. Stop being so melodramatic.

> Also imagine a situation when a group of Indian students beats up an American driver in LSU.

I'm not an American; I'm Scottish.