Exclusive! Akshay Kumar’s Biggest contribution to my writing career is ‘Mat Karna’: Twinkle Khanna
Self-aware, sharp and gently irreverent, she moves between insight and humour without missing a beat. This World Book Day (April 23), author-filmmaker Twinkle Khanna offers Medha Shri Dahiya a glimpse into the perceptive lens through which she sees the world. Twinkle is known for writing Mrs Funnybones (2015), The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad (2016), Pyjamas Are Forgiving (2018), and Welcome to Paradise (2023). Excerpts: Twinkle Khanna says her father (late veteran actor Rajesh Khanna), instilled a love for language in her. She shares, ‘I have a distinct memory when I said, ‘Will you pick me up from school?’ And he said, ‘Are you a pickup? I will fetch you from school.’ That kind of just set my parameters of what language can do.” You are known to put your views bluntly. If your next book offended everyone a little, would you consider that success?I have a feeling that it will offend quite a few people, but my job is not to go around offending people. My job is to make people reflect on the things …








