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Mrs.Funnybones - Twinkle Khanna
Being an ardent admirer of
Twinkle Khanna's columns in Dna After hrs and Times of India, it was natural
that I was waiting with bated breath for her book. Twinkle Khanna is known for
her satirical sense of humour. This book is a compilation of all her columns.
When
we think of someone writing a column, we think about it being preachy and also
expect to read, four to five paragraphs put together. The author out here
writes with timing. She gives the exact timing of the occurrence that somehow
intrigued me and helped me connect better to her work. What encouraged me to
start reading Twinkle Khanna's columns (obviously because I was not a fan of
her acting prowess) was this different approach towards writing. Well, a lot of
people have termed this book as funny, and it is rightly so, but the USP of her
writing is that she explains the profundity of each subject in a very lucid
manner. Her writing is effortless. Facts of life that everyone advises, simple
things that everyone expects us to follow but we think otherwise, comes very
naturally to her thus keeping the reader engaged. Explaining varied things by
means of self deprecating humour and by being witty is the art the author has
mastered.
I love the fact that she has named
the famous superstar Akshay Kumar, also her husband "the man of the
house", her son as "the prodigal son". The book has a lot more
other characters like the mother in law, her mother, her sister, the relatives
and everyone's favourite Karan Johar. My favourite writing piece was the one on
MOM and Mars. As mentioned earlier I have read her columns so a lot of the
chapters were repetitive for me. But the magic of Twinkle Khanna's writing is
that I have not felt like skipping even a single chapter and reading the next.
In fact, I enjoyed reading it the second time even more than the first and I am
sure any other reader would enjoy it too. Some stories will register in the
reader's decaying brain cells (the way she would put it) for a long time and
that for a first time author is a matter of immense achievement.
There are so many lines that I
have noted which immediately strike a chord and start exercising your brain
cells. Following are my favourites:
1) "Life is full of
contradictions. We crave security and independence in equal measures"
2) "Love is only about
putting the other person's needs ahead of your own, that, my friend is just as
simple and as complex as you make it"
3) "I want to be a child
again, to climb up hills and roll down the other side, only because the hill
exists and so do I"
Apart from the fact that the book
thrives on tongue in cheek humour, it is written straight from a mother's
heart. Her equation with her children has been crafted fondly and honestly. The
author gives us a peak of her celebrity life which makes us realise that the
minuscule problems we face in our day to day life is what they face too and
that takes the relatibility quotient of the book to an even higher scale.
A must read for anyone who wants to forget the
daily grind for a bit and gyrate to Twinkle Khanna's satirical world. I
definitely see myself re-reading few parts for a long time.
STARS-4/5
