Thursday, 24 September 2020

Akademi winner turns labourer to sustain family

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 The Times of India https://ift.tt/3i2EGWu

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