Creative Writing #1
If I’m not wrong, the year was 2017, and we were just exhausted from preparing and taking our 12th std board exams. (successfully or not is a different question)
After pledging the smartphone to my parents to focus on my studies (which I didn’t do either) for more than 5 months, I got it back after the exams were over.
The Jio wave just hit and is picking up pace. Everyone is buzzing about the free internet.
The last time I used WhatsApp, the status feature wasn’t available. It was a new feature released in their recent update.
Until then, in the event of any occasion like a Birthday or an announcement, we would change our DPs with the respective person’s picture and write a short note in the description tab.
The same “About you” field that is available even today.
It was a nice evening, a holiday and a lot of fun. We were still not used to that status feature. So we were following the old-school method of changing DPs and expressing emotions.
One of my friends (a girl) had a picture of her and her grandmother in the DP and wrote a short note in the description tab: “Playing with Kunju”
I’m pretty close with her and I know she calls her grandmother affectionately as Kunju.
Now one of my other friends (a boy) texted me after seeing her status. He was curious why would anyone keep such a status update. He wanted to know what/why/who was that Kunju. He asked me
: Why does she have “Playing with Kunju” as her status da?
In my mind, I knew there was some celebration for her Grandma but not sure, So I said
: Why don’t you ask her yourself, da?
He is such a nice guy, doesn’t misbehave with anyone and is always offering to help but do you think anyone would be such perfect? No right! He is a little weak in English.
Yes, we went to the same school, and he scored more marks than most of us but still struggles with his English. He doesn’t take it seriously too. We make fun of him, he laughs and moves on. Doesn’t care.
After my reply, that nice idiot went ahead and asked her
: “Whose Kunju?”
Instead of
: “Who’s Kunju?” He instantly got blocked and sent me the screenshot. I can’t even 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
P.S: For anyone who didn’t understand what happened. In South India (especially in the TN) we use the word Kunju to fondly address someone; mostly children and elderly people. It is like the highest and purest form of love. But also in our language, Kunju literally translates to a Penis.