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" When your name is Twinkle, you are a bookworm, and a fat child, then you have to be ready to be made fun of. As a child, I used my fists a lot, but then the tongue seemed like a better option. So I started using words as a sword to jab fun at myself. "

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Twinkle Khanna

Life

Story

Work

" We grow up, and we need to confront a society to be fit in. "

" I like to see the world from different levels. Even when I'm making a candle or designing a piece, I like to sit on the floor to polish or make it from scratch. I haven't seen really tough times, but my husband has come up the hard way. He has even seen poverty. "

" I've had my nose in a book my whole life. I never thought it would be useful, but it is now. What's really nice is that I don't have a photographic memory, so words get blurred, thoughts get mixed up, and they come out as something new. "

" I read science fiction every single day of my life. It's my primary love. "

" I don't think I have a sense of fashion. But I do have an aesthetic, which I feel is an offshoot of me working in the design industry. For example, if I am mixing and matching prints on my sofas and cushion covers, I tend to do that with my wardrobe as well. "

Twinkle Khanna

Think

I Am

" I'm not really as cool and collected as 'Mrs. Funnybones', but she is the woman I want to be. "

" 'Mrs Funnybones' is based and structured around my columns, and it's about how a modern woman looks at India and how India looks right back at her. Since I have a weakness for illustrations, there are also a few funny illustrations in there as well. "

" Naming me 'Twinkle' was a foolproof way of making sure that I would get teased throughout my life, have immigration officers at various airports stare at my passport and shake with hysterical laughter, and strangers stalk me with WhatsApp messages like, 'Twinkle, Twinkle, little star, I hope you get hit by a car!' "

Twinkle Khanna

Laughter

Life

" I don't take too many things too seriously. "

" My father was very fond of reading. It was something we did at our home. I don't think it fits the way people think Bollywood works, but that's who we are. "

" Once, I went to the premiere of a film, and the producer asked me if I liked it. I said it's crap. But I don't say that anymore. Now I say I have to think about it. If you ever hear me say that, you know the answer! "

" I have always been immersed in a world filled with words, earlier as a reader and now, finally, as both a reader and a writer. "

" I seem to be known as much by the moniker 'Mrs Funnybones' as my own name these days. The book was about how a modern woman looks at India and how India looks right back at her. I am glad that India seems to be looking back at me with a grin. "

" I am a bad actress. I know I am. I am realistic. I can't even lie properly; how can you expect me to act? "

" I was born into the limelight. So, my biggest achievement, which I worked hard for, is to stay normal. "

" I remember joining a boarding school in the sixth grade. I was lazy, complacent, and fat. Suddenly, I realised that I had to fend for myself. That's when I discovered this drive within myself. For the first time, I ranked first in class, which was a miracle in itself. However, it didn't matter to my family. "

" You won't believe it, but my grandfather named me. And the choices were between Sparkle, Sprinkle and Twinkle. So, thank God, they chose Twinkle. "

Twinkle Khanna

Thank God

Choices

" Sometimes kids want a hamburger, but I'll fill it up with a quinoa tikki. We eat makhana instead of popcorn; we even take it to the movie theater! I also mash up a lot of vegetables and put it in the aata, so they don't realise they are eating vegetables. "

" I start my day with a hot water and lemon routine. I meditate. And I take my problems lightly, like my mother always said: treat them like helium balloons and let them go. I devour a lot of books to feed my mind. "

" I am living in the world that I always dreamed of. I am still not living in a world where you can teleport matter from one place to another just by atoms. We haven't reached there yet. "

" I am into the candle business, have a home store, The White Window, and interior designing is my primary occupation, though writing now seems to have become better known. "

" Do people think women from Bollywood aren't smart? "

" For all the oddballs and misfits out there, eventually, if you just follow your path, you will reach somewhere no one else has. You are uniquely meant to do something that only you can do. "

" I think till I reached my mid-30s, I just rebelled and rebelled. But eventually, the one thing I did pick up from mom was paying attention to my hair. We all put eggs, oil, dahi, even beer in our hair. "

" After sitting for two to three hours at a stretch, my feet just swell up. So I try to walk as much as I can. "

" Today, it's about gender equality, not neutrality. Anyone who doesn't agree would be a bit of an idiot. "

" Now that I look back, all the things that I was teased about, became game changers and my strengths. That's what we have to learn as mothers. We push our children so much to be perfect, but it's their imperfections that make them unique. "

" 'Salaam, Noni Appa' tells the beautiful story of the elderly Noni Appa, who finds love in the twilight of her life. The Noni Appa story gives you hope. "

" I just wanted to say that there is so much goodness in the world. We keep looking at the terrible and diabolical things when we open newspapers. "