Excited video calls to kin, frenetic downloading of books and class notes and sharing of memes on social media marked the first 24 hours of 4G being restored in J&K after 550 days.
Usually, 20-year-old Munawar Mehraj’s parents would call him once a day to check on their son studying engineering in Chandigarh. On Saturday, Mehraj, who left home in Quilmuqam village, Banipur district in September last year, was inundated with calls. “I have got at least 20 calls since morning from my parents and relatives. We could see each other’s faces clearly and voices didn’t crack,” he said. He was even affectionately warned for not eating enough and his unruly mop of hair.
Twitter reactions ran the gamut of the somber to the humorous — thanking Rihanna for restoring 4G, creating new versions of the “Utho Anarkali” meme, and posting before and after net speeds.
This story is from the February 7, 2021 edition of The Times of India Hyderabad.
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