Indians look scary alright. It's the favorite scare used by Chinese parents on Chinese children. Chinese parents would scare their children into compliance by saying something like, if you don't do this, we give you to Indians and most children would be cowered into compliance, except for those whose grew up with Indian childhood friends who would call the bluff. Why Indians look scary is because they're mostly dark, hairy and have very big eyes.
In adulthood and reality however, Indians are the most easily cowered by Chinese into compliance, at least in context of Singapore. Malays are not so easily cowered. They just want to be left alone. That's why many Indians could attain high ranks in army, police and politics, but very few Malays.