Being an Indian national and a Singapore PR (for past 15 years)
I feel compelled to reply to this. Do note that I have lived half
my life in India and half of it in Singapore. So in a way, I am as
much Singaporean as I am Indian.
Anyways, your title is absurd and totally misleading. You just
managed to stereotype the whole group by saying Indian nationals
are bla bla bla. This, my dear friend, can easily get you in
trouble with the law in Singapore. Being from law enforcement, I
would have thought that you would have known it better than any of
us. But you failed to display that level of intelligence which
caused me to read your article with only half interest.
I do agree that some of the "Indians", most often from the lower
salary range, can become unruly and lack the polished behavior that
we would expect in a developed country. And why did I use the
brackets to say Indians? It is because your Indians is referring to
people from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and to some extent,
Pakistan as well. So it is not just Indians.
To assume that all Indians are low income wagers would make you
look stupid.
As for the dancing and merry making, you spoke like a typical
person from Singapore who hasn't seen the world. This is not
something special for the Indians. In any country, people who are
celebrating a festival or event do act and behave like this. Not
everyone of course but a small percentage of them definitely does
that. I have been living in Belgium for the past 2 years and I have
seen such kind of unruly behavior plenty of times. And to be really
technical, Belgium is a developed country and Singapore is a
developing country. I have seen such behavior VERY frequently in
London. UK obviously is a developed country too. I have seen such
behavior in Australia.
If Singaporeans do not behave in such way, does not mean that no
where in the other parts of the modern developed world, people
behave that way. So it is another mistaken generalisation by you to
relate this only to the Indians. However, I do agree that whichever
country we are in, we have to respect and follow its rules. But if
the gahment doesn't enforce and teach the laws then you can't hold
the people responsible. Unfortunately not everyone is as
intelligent and gracious to understand the laws of one's country.
Not even you.