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Dya And Vikram Singh Kick Off
Unity Walk To Melaka
WSN Network
 KUALA LUMPUR:
Dya Singh, a Sikh Musician based in Melbourne and Vic Briggs, who is
now known as Vikram Singh, a former member of the 60s pop band "The
Animals", kicked off their 38.2km walk from Taman Tasik Permaisuri
Cheras to Melaka.
The Unity
Walk-KL2Malacca, organised by the Sikh Women's Awareness Society
(SWAN), will see the duo for about a week on the road before
reaching Melaka Gurdwara on Saturday in conjunction with the
memorial prayers for Sant Sohan Singh (Sant Sohan Ji's Barsi.)
Sant Sohan Singh
who died on May 24, 1972, made Malacca a popular Sikh missionary
centre during his lifetime. Dya Singh and Vikram Singh expected to
make a stop at Mantin Gurdwara for spiritual programme and yoga
sessions before proceeding to Seremban, then onwards to Rembau and
Mantin.
Dya Singh, 59,
who had walked from Ipoh to Kuala Lumpur two years ago and from
Penang to Kuala Lumpur last year, hoped the event would spur the
public to join them instead of being cooped up in air-conditioned
offices, shopping malls and their vehicles most of the time.
The Victoria
Institution (1963-69) alumnus who now lives in
Australia
said Malaysia is the most beautiful country in the world.
"I always enjoy
coming back here to see
Malaysia,
to meet the people, to enjoy the beautiful countryside and have a
good time, so the best way to enjoy that is to go for a walk. That
is the main reason why I'm going for a walk from Kuala Lumpur to
Melaka," he said.
Dya said it
would be a bonus for him if he could get more Malaysians to know
that they had a lovely country and more of them into the habit of
exercising and not littering.
Meanwhile, SWAN
President Dr Manjit Kaur Ludher said the organisation felt that the
walk was a great opportunity to bring people of all walks of life
together.
"All of us have
to take steps to ensure that the thread of unity, currently
perceived to be fragile, is strengthened for the good of all in
Malaysia.
"We hope that
with each step these men take in their spiritual and physical
journey, our prayer for the nation becomes stronger," she said,
adding that the walk was also to celebrate SWAN's five-year
anniversary.
20 May 2009
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