With the increasing number of rapes being reported all around the country with each passing day, it looks like India’s reputation abroad has been tarnished beyond redemption. Things have gotten so bad now that male students are being denied foreign internships because they come from the country with a “rape problem.” Yes, you read that right.

A student was denied an internship at Leipzig University by a professor, believed to be Annette Beck Sickinger, from the Institute of Biochemistry. His fault? Because he is a guy who comes from the land which suffers from a “rape problem”.

Indian Student Denied Internship In Germany Because He Belongs To The Land Of Rapists 

A German professor has apologised after a series of emails widely circulated online revealed that she had denied an Indian student an internship spot giving the “rape problem in India” as a reason.

Amid a wave of anger, the German Ambassador to India, Michael Steiner, objected strongly to the exchange, after which the professor apologised.

“I made a mistake. I never had the intention of discriminating against Indian society. I have nothing at all against students from India – quite to the contrary. If I hurt anybody’s feelings, I duly and heartily apologize and feel sorry for any misunderstandings,” Professor Sickinger said in a statement uploaded on the German embassy website.

The German envoy tweeted out his letter to the professor.

“It has been brought to my attention that you denied an internship to a male Indian student, giving ‘the rape problem in India’ as a reason. Let me make it clear at the outset that I strongly object to this,” Ambassador Steiner said.

In his letter, Steiner said, “Let’s be clear: India is not a country of rapists.” “In India, the Nirbhaya case has triggered a lively honest, sustained and very healthy public debate — a public debate of a quality that wouldn’t be possible in many other countries.

“The Indian government and Indian civil society organisations are very committed to tackling the issue. Yesterday we celebrated International Women’s Day at the German Embassy here in Delhi with many local activists including many men,” Steiner said in the letter.

He said the Nirbhaya rape case has refocused attention on the issue of violence against women. “Rape is indeed a serious issue in India as in most countries, including Germany.”

“Your oversimplifying and discriminating generalization is an offense to these women and men ardently committed to furthering women empowerment in India; and it is an offense to millions of law-abiding, tolerant, open-minded and hard-working Indians,” Steiner said.