Holidify co-founder Kovid Kapoor shares how Covid-19 changed his life. Viral Twitter thread
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Holidify co-founder Kovid Kapoor shared how Covid-19 changed his life in a viral Twitter thread.
Covid-19 has changed the lives of millions of people but the kind of effect it has had on Holidify co-founder Kovid Kapoor’s life is a different story altogether. After the pandemic hit, Kovid Kapoor had to change his Twitter bio to "My name is Kovid and I'm not a virus". The entrepreneur took to Twitter recently to share his experience of travelling abroad and he summed it up in a rather hilarious manner. He posted a series of tweets to share his plight after the pandemic hit. 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! For those on this thread, wondering what my name actually means - it means scholar / learned.Comes in the Hanumaan Chaleesa.Also, it's pronounced as not Hahahah oh dear lord!! I cannot wait to hear more of your stories from AROUND the world lol.. I can imagine an announcement on an airport. This is the final call for Mr Kovid kindly board your flight before you miss it My neighbour's kid's name is Kovid, he was around 7 when covid-19 hit and would cry when they talked about covid on TV likes to go by his nickname now So, when are you going to leave finally? No offense though. I really wanna go to college again! 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. pic.twitter.com/3jrySteSbC At Starbucks, the guy handing me the coffee pointed out the name to everyone else and they burst out laughing - I mostly use a fake name now. pic.twitter.com/79STYv2uG6 A Zoomcar customer care guy called me, to process some pending refund, and told me that he had been laughing in the room with the other customer care folks before the call.
“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 (sic),” read his first tweet.