Middle Class & Covid

Covid has come as a challenge for the world fraternity and in every country various efforts on every level and in each sector were initiated to save the lives of their citizens. At medical level the scientists had worked round the clock in the research laboratories to find out a medicine, vaccine or at least protective medical treatment. Several vaccines have till now been developed and people have been vaccinated to protect them from the virus. In this process governments had to impose various restrictions on the movement of the people which resulted in the massive unemployment and lakhs of people, particularly  of the labour class were rendered jobless. After the first wave of covid diminished a ray of hope emerged among the working class but soon the second wave emerged and their hope of economic revival received a second jolt. Now the sword of the third wave is looming over the head of this class which also now includes the middle class of the society. Nations, governments and the pharmaceutical companies  may have achieved some success at the medical level but in most of the countries, particularly developing countries like India, no success in the revival of economical standards. This class of our society without any doubt needs to be given due consideration. This is undoubtedly a fact that a large number of people belonging to the middle class of the society are engaged in small business activities, ranging from small shops to other jobs in the unorganized sector. Most of them are working with marginal trading companies and many as artists and journalists. Art and journalism is a very vast field and as such hundreds of people of different age groups are associated with this in various capacities. Among them very few are on a permanent basis, others are daily to daily basis, need or requirement. Many of them are engaged for a time bound project or an assignment. On completion of one project or assignment they are engaged for another project but can never be employed permanently. Though many of them get a respectable amount for their services but are never engaged on a salary base. So is the case of other people who are working in several unorganized sectors as skilled and unskilled. They all belong to white collar class of the society as such can never beg or demand or reveal their pitiable condition to anyone. This class to some extent has a better living style than the poor but have no or very meager bank balance to face the emergency situation like the present. It is expected from both, society and the government that this class of the society shall soon get due consideration.