As the Delhi Legislative Assembly was illuminated for a special cultural evening on Wednesday, its usually formal corridors took on a different character — one of quiet reflection, poetry and civilisational memory. A packed audience gathered to witness ‘Apne Apne Ram’, a Ram Katha by poet-orator Kumar Vishwas, in an event that blended devotion with thoughtful discourse.
Presiding over the programme, Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta set the tone early. “Ram is not merely a figure of reverence, but a living principle of conduct,” he said, framing the evening not just as a cultural presentation but as a reflection on ethics, duty and justice in contemporary life.
Among those present were Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, senior officials and legislators, their presence underscoring the significance of an event that sought to bring India’s philosophical traditions into a modern institutional space.
At the heart of the evening was Vishwas’s distinctive narrative style — part poetry, part storytelling, part introspection. Moving across episodes from the Ramayana, he presented Lord Ram not only as Maryada Purushottam but as a timeless moral compass. His narration explored dilemmas as much as devotion—choices made in moments of conflict, the weight of responsibility, and the idea of dharma as a guiding force even at personal cost. The audience, filling the Assembly hall to capacity, remained absorbed as the narrative unfolded. There were stretches of stillness, punctuated by moments of resonance as themes of sacrifice, compassion and integrity came to the fore.
