I was born in Australia. I look Indian. Since Bondi, that makes me a target

Since Bondi, that makes me a target Sunil Badami Journalist January 30, 2026 — 6:29pmJanuary 30, 2026 — 6:29pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. But to many people, I just look “Indian.” Despite being Hindu, I look Muslim. And for some, that means I look like a terrorist – just as Sikh people did after 9/11, suffering terrible violence. The Bondi terrorists not only attacked the Jewish community – they imperilled their own, and others, like mine. As Malcolm Turnbull once observed: “None of us can look in the mirror and say, ‘all Australians look like me’.