For India's Asian Games gold-winning boxer Amit Panghal, the lockdown hasn't been about just staying fit and enjoying time with family, it has also opened his eyes to the plight of "distraught" farmers in his village and he is appealing for government help. The 24-year-old, who hails from Mayna village which is situated 5km from Rohtak, is "for the first time in many years" spending the summer at home due to the lockdown which has brought all training camps to a halt.

The Armyman helped his father, Vijender Singh Panghal, with the harvesting of wheat and in the process witnessed the "misery of farmers" shattered by unseasonal rains and the lockdown to contain the deadly pandemic. "My village and 13 nearby villages have been affected by hailstorm and unseasonal rains that have destroyed crops," India's first silver-medallist at the world championships told PTI in an interaction.