Tomorrow night, on the eve of Thaipusam, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak will make a historic visit to Batu Caves, whose geological history dates back to more than 400 million years. Here the PM will witness the largest gathering of Hindus. No other festival attracts such a large gathering as Thaipusam does.

Tomorrow’s visit is DS Najib’s second visit within five months, the first being in August 2009. It is good that he is following his father’s footsteps. This is a first time after the late Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak’s visit, that a Malaysian PM is coming to join us in celebrating Thaipusam.

The fact that the PM wants to be a part of this festival shows that he is ‘walking the talk’. Earlier last week, his trip to Chennai was also a first for a Malaysian PM. His visit to the city which is the capital of Tamil Nadu, highlighted his intention to give more attention to furthering better understanding and friendlier ties with people and institutions from a state where so many of today’s Malaysian Indians originated.

DS Najib’s intent and action will warm the hearts of many of us. This is surely a good start to his plans on further initiatives to focus and tackle the problems of Malaysian Indians.