Mumbai's Western suburbs—unlike its glorified Southern half—did not have much to their credit on social media until 26-year-old Balram Vishwakarma's page, Andheri West Shit Posting, put the area on the map with its parody-centric humour and hilarious memes two-and-a-half years ago. However, in the first week of May, the content on the Instagram and Facebook page took a turn. They carried first-hand accounts of what it's like to be in an isolation facility and receive treatment for COVID-19.

Balram had ended up contracting the virus that has claimed 3,720 lives across India so far, and was sharing his ordeal, while offering insider tips on how to stay ahead of the curve. "On May 1, which was a Friday, I decided to have a drink, and ended up mixing some leftover whiskey and Old Monk," he says, speaking from his home in Behram Baug, where he is currently recuperating after being discharged from an isolation facility at Laxmi Industrial Estate and then, Cooper Hospital. "I woke up at 2 pm the next day [Saturday] with what I thought was a very bad hangover…I was craving some citrus. But by 7 pm, I had a headache that refused to leave and my temperature had climbed to 102 degrees. I assumed it was malaria or dengue since I had been following all social distancing norms. My office was functioning on work-from-home since March and I had barely stepped outside unless absolutely required. I called my family doctor and he told me that the symptoms didn't sound like either dengue or malaria and advised me to get tested."