Covid -19 pandemic that has orphaned thousands of children and widowed thousands of women does not head to any dead end but the trends of daily infections and deaths of infected people has gone down. People talk about the patients struggling for life in hospitals and count memories of those who have died during two high intensity waves of the pandemic for right reasons but counting horrific tales of pandemic in presence of children has generated a debate over the increasing mental health of the children and increasing trends of suicides among youth. Though it is an undeniable fact that there in nothing new in the experiences of grief and process of mourning but counting tales of dead leave a psychological effect on hearts and minds of children. In a very sorry state of affairs the no of youth dying due to heart attacks and suicides is rising day after day more in Jammu & Kashmir than any other part of the country. A society has to changes it’s behviour with the change in situation but unfortunately people in Jammu & Kashmir don’t change their ways of life even after going through horrible phases of covid-19 pandemic in last two years. People learn from the experiences of life and same holds good for the people of Jammu & Kashmir in the fast changing covid control situation. Situation demands that people of affluent classes reach out to the families devastated by the two high intensity waves of covid-19 pandemic in last two years. Some of the families devastated by covid pandemic during last two years are going through the worst phases of cash starvation and as such it is the responsibility of the people of affluent classes to reach out to those left in distress by the high intensity shocks of deaths and hospitalisation of their loved ones.
Society can forget about those who died due to pandemic but can’t leave the families of covid victims in a state of helplessness the time when they have been devastated both economically and as well as psychologically. So civil society groups have to wake up and work collectively for the survival of the families devastated by the deaths of their loved ones due to covid infection. The bigger challenge before the civil society is to keep families devastated by covid-19 pandemic engaged with the socio-economic processes of which they were part in the periods of pre-covid normalities.
If people of affluent classes don’t bother about the plight of the families devastated by two high intensity waves of covid-19 pandemic in last two years, it is the responsibility of the civil society groups and charitable institutions to wake up from deep slumber and try to reach out to devastated families. In the present crisis of covid-19 pandemic moral support to the devastated families too can bring them new lease of life. Society can forget about those who died due to pandemic but can’t leave the families of covid victims in a state of helplessness the time when they have been devastated both economically and as well as psychologically. So civil society groups have to wake up and work collectively for the survival of the families devastated by the deaths of their loved ones due to covid infection. The bigger challenge before the civil society is to keep families devastated by covid-19 pandemic engaged with the socio-economic processes of which they were part in the periods of pre-covid normalities.
