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Meet The Man Named Kovid Who Became Popular Because Of COVID-19

Kovid Kapoor, has seized the unprecedented times of Corona Virus to become popular on social media.

Gatekeepers News reports that Kapoor, during the unprecedented times of Corona became popular for obvious reasons.

He took to social media to write his detailed experience of funny, sad and ugly part of being named Kovid in the times of Covid.

He wrote, “Went outside India for the first time since COVID and got a bunch of people amused by my name. Future foreign trips are going to be fun!”

The tweet immediately went viral and garnered a lot of funny reactions from netizens online.

Kovid, the founder of holiday and travel booking website Holidify.com, then explained how, even though the name was similar, the spelling and pronunciation was different. He also explained what his name meant.

“For those on this thread, wondering what my name actually means – it means scholar / learned./Comes in the Hanumaan Chaleesa,” he wrote.

He further stated that; “Also, it’s pronounced as कोविद not कोविड

He noted that the thread has made him feel like a celebrity, describing himself as a ” mini-celeb”.

He further narrated his experiences with his friends, saying that ” For my 30th bday, my friends ordered a cake – and Amintiri automatically assumed that it’s some kinda joke, and it should be spelled with a C not a K.

“Apart from these, there have been tens of funny micro-interactions, with Amazon delivery guys, with electricians, at airport security, at hotel check-ins, etc.

“The real thrill is before the start of a new interaction – is there gonna be another little joke, or not?”

He said, “Anyway – life threw me (and all of us) a sour lemon, I just decided to take it all in good humour and make some lemonade out of iI thrilledled at how viral the main thread got, feel like a mini celeb for a few hours. The funny + sad part is that there’s gonna be a lot more of these in the future, I believe for the rest of my life.”

Jesuwale Stephen

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