This 31-year-old man, owner of a travel start-up, explained on Twitter that his first name had “amused a lot of people“.
“My name is Kovid, and I am not a virus“. This is the first sentence of Indian entrepreneur Kovid Kapoor’s Twitter profile, which is causing a stir on social media.
This 31-year-old man, boss of a travel start-up, explained on the social network that he had this week traveled abroad for the first time since the start of the pandemic, and that his first name had “amused a lot of people“.
“My future trips abroad are going to be fun!“, He launched on Twitter, with a message which received 40,000”likesAnd has been retweeted 4,000 times, adding that, if his first name helped him break the ice in meetings, on the other hand when he went to order a coffee, he asked that his first name not be announced to the cantonade.
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His comment sparked an avalanche of jokes, “memes», Messages and even interview requests, introducing a little levity into a painful subject, since the number of infections with the Omicron variant is increasing in India.
His first name means a scholar or an educated individual
He told AFP his hope that all this publicity will reflect on his business, which is in difficulty like all those in the sector.
Kovid, which means, in Hindi and Sanskrit, a scholar or an educated individual, is a first name that is not widely used in India. His mother, he explained, had chosen his first name long before he was born.
“It’s a memorable name with a beautiful meaning“, He again underlined. “He makes an impression when I introduce myself. I wouldn’t change it for the world“.
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