PANDEMIC and TRAP This is story about a young girl from Bangalore city of India. Her name is Sonia. She is the eldest daughter of her family. She has one sister and one brother. She lost her father at the age of 10. Her mother has been working a domestic worker in Bangalore city. It is quite difficult for her family to manage day to day requirement from the income earned by her mother. She decided to stop her further education and started a job in a spa, where she used to get around Rs.5000 to Rs.7500 per month based on the turn over of customers. In 2020, the real problem started, when government started putting restrictions over opening of shops due to COVID-19. The owner stopped paying money to her as there was no income from the shop. Her mother started losing household works. During interaction with her, she told me that since pandemic, they have been facing a lot of problem. Even they spent few days without food. She had searched for a job, but everywhere she got one a...
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