Why Australia? Nobody can answer that on your behalf, relocation decisions are dependent on your ambitions, goals, and priorities. You should make that decision for yourself, along with family members who will be impacted by the move.

Life Down Under

When trying to assess whether to take the big step (for studies or permanent), you should try some of the following approaches:

• Visiting Australia: Expensive, but nothing compares with first-hand knowledge.
  • Airlines
  • Visitor Visa from the Australian Embassy (New Delhi)
  • Visitor Visa from the Australian Consulate (Bombay)
  • Australian Diplomatic missions worldwide (because the diaspora is/has been/will always be far flung)
• Reading Australian newspapers
  • Australian Broadcasting Corporation National, non-commercial broadcaster, funded by the federal government.
  • The Australian National news from (Mr. Murdoch's) News Corp.
  • Sydney Morning Herald Sydney tabloid owned by Fairfax Digital.
• Reading about Australian politics, policies, jobs, and lifestyles
  • Factsheets (intended for kids, but a handy cheatsheet for everyone) from the DFAT (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade)
  • Another factsheet from The Economist
  • Background and Profile from The Economist
  • Wikipedia's Australia entry
• Discussing with those already living in Australia: Second-hand anecdotal information is very relative.
  • Chingri Maachh!