Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar winner Navnath Gore is trapped by circumstance in the very trials his characters endure in the pages of his award-winning debut novel, “Fesati”. Life changed swiftly when the coronavirus struck and the lockdown in March temporarily closed the college in Ahmednagar district where he worked as a lecturer of Marathi on clocked hours. Since April, Gore (32) has been working as a farm labourer for Rs 400 a day to support his family.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolhapur/pen-to-plough-akademi-winner-turns-labourer-to-sustain-family/articleshow/78306636.cms