JIGESH Desai still doesn't understand why a man on the tram started yelling at him. A Cambridge International College student, Mr Desai had been speaking on his mobile and the man was so irate it forced the Indian-educated doctor off the tram.……As perplexed as he was, he could not tell his parents the truth — that sometimes he was sad about being away from his family."You must ring your parents every week, especially your mother when you are from India, but there is no way I could have told her. There would be too many questions and she would worry," he said.A survey of international students from Mr Desai's college, RMIT and Victoria universities found that two-thirds felt depressed or sad, and many felt discriminated against.…The report's author, Chris McRae, a former lecturer at Cambridge College, said depression among international students was a serious issue.[View Full Article]
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