[Pandemic Heroes] Arvind Gaur

The pandemic will continue to push the world to the limits. However, the crisis will end. We all must be patient, take care of each other, help the less fortunate, do our parts in fighting the virus by staying home and co-operating with the authorities.

Say and do something positive that will help the situation; it doesn’t take any brains to complain.

Arvind Gaur is the man who is helping people day and night online.

He is an Indian theatre director known for innovative, socially and politically relevant plays in India. His plays are contemporary and thought-provoking, connecting intimate personal spheres of existence to larger social political issues. His work deals with Internet censorship, communalism, caste issues, feudalism, domestic violence, crimes of state, politics of power, violence, injustice, social discrimination, marginalisation, and racism. Arvind is the leader of Asmita, Delhi's "most prolific theatre group", and is an actor trainer, social activist, street theatre worker and story teller. Gaur was the recipient of a research fellowship awarded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (India) (1997–98). He was on the guest faculty of Delhi University for Theatre in education program for three years. He has conducted many theatre workshops and performed in colleges, institutions, universities and schools in India and abroad. He organizes theatre workshops for children in schools and slums as well as street theatre performances on socio-political issues. He has directed more than hundreds stage and street plays over 25 years.

In this tough time he is available with his team online as well as offline and helping millions of people. He always come forward in every circumstances with his team and raise the voice.

He was born on 2 February 1963 in Delhi. Arvind's father Late. Shri Shiva Nandan Sharma was a Mathematics scholar and his mother Late. Saraswati Devi was a housewife. His father died on 16 April 2009 and his mother died on 19 September 2019. He has one brother Anil Gaur and three sisters: Shashi Prabha, late Mithlesh and Dr. Anita Gaur. He is married to Dr. Sangeeta Gaur. He has twins daughters Kakoli Gaur Nagpal and Saveree Gaur. Prince Nagpal is his Son-in-law. He got married to his daughter Kakoli Gaur.

We never seen any heart like Arvind Gaur. If you are doing good things , he will always be there with you. In this pandemic everyone is praying for good health and asking for the help, the important voices like Arvind Gaur are playing important role and helping people.