Twinkle
Khanna,
an
author
who
has
always
soared
past
the
noise
of
convention
with
conversations,
columns
and
opinions
that
cleared
the
clutter
and
sparked
dialogues.
Mrs
Funnybones
did
it
not
just
through
words,
but
also
with
actions.
At
49,
she
completed
her
Master’s
Degree
in
Creative
and
Life
Writing
from
Goldsmiths,
University
of
London
–
lived
upto
the
title
of
Mrs
Funnybones,
navigated
the
pressure
of
being
funny
on
all
pages
of
her
books,
and
found
inspiration
for
her
columns
from
everyday
life.
During
the
lockdown,
Twinkle
Khanna
“learned
a
lot
of
technical
skills”
after
she
enrolled
in
two
courses
at
Oxford
with
a
beginner’s
course
in
life
writing
and
an
advanced
course
in
fiction.
“And
I
thought,
well,
I’m
49.
If
I
don’t
do
this
now,
when
am
I
going
to
do
it?”
She
found
the
right
time
to
pursue
further
education
when
her
daughter
was
in
primary
and
her
son
was
in
the
University.
“I
applied
to
a
bunch
of
universities.
I
got
rejected
by
two
or
three.
And
I
luckily
got
into
Goldsmiths,
which
was
my
first
choice,”
she
says.
And
it
changed
her
way
of
writing
fiction.
“The
way
I
approach
my
column,
the
way
I
write
the
column,
the
skeleton,
my
first
draft
–
it’s
exactly
the
same
because
I
had
already
spent
so
many
years
doing
it
that
I
think
my
process
was
pretty
complete
when
it
came
to
approaching
the
column.
But
the
way
that
I
approach
stories
and
novels
completely
changed,”
she
adds.
Twinkle
believes
that
her
columns
come
from
interacting.
She
says
that
her
columns
are
highly
dependent
on
local
flavors.
“I
can
do
fiction
when
I’m
away
from
this
environment,
when
I’m
away
from
India,
but
the
column
is
dependent
upon
local
flavors.
What
are
people
saying?
What
are
they
thinking
about
right
now?
What’s
happening
in
Delhi?
What’s
happening
in
the
Bihar
elections?
What’s
going
on,
I
guess,
all
around
me?”
But
what
is
it
exactly
that
sparks
an
idea
for
Twinkle?
She
shares
a
personal
incident,
stating
that
it’s
the
everyday
life
that
ignites
fresh
ideas
for
her.
“There
was
a
domestic
dispute
between
two
of
my
staff
members
where
one
thought
that
the
other
was
bullying
him,
and
I
was
just
looking
at
it,
and
I’ve
gone
back
and
I’ve
taken
notes.
Will
it
appear
in
a
column?
Maybe
it
will
appear
in
a
column
when
I’m
this
mediator
and
I
feel
like
I’m
in
some
village
and
I’m
this
wise
old
lady
who’s
telling
them
about,
you
know,
how
both
of
you
are
such
great
people.
So,
I
need
that.
I
need
India
to
write
this
column.
I
need
to
be
immersed
in
our
culture
and
our,
you
know,
in
all
the
fabric,
the
colors,
the
language
to
be
able
to
write
this
column,”
she
says.
The
author
is
also
widely
celebrated
for
her
pen
name,
‘Mrs
Funnybones’,
for
bringing
wit
and
humour
to
her
vision
of
life.
However,
maintaining
humour
is
not
a
cake
walk.
Twinkle
admits
that
there’s
also
pressure
to
be
funny
on
every
page
of
her
books.
And
the
pressure
is
partly
the
reason
why
she
chose
to
take
a
sabbatical
from
writing
fiction.
“I
felt
that
there
was
pressure
externally;
there
was
pressure
internally
to
be
funny
on
every
page.
And
that
was
partly
also
why
I
took
a
sabbatical
from
writing
fiction.
I
went
and
I
did
my
course.
And
then
I
wrote
Welcome
to
Paradise,
which
was
about
loss
and
grief,
and
I
didn’t
have
the
desire
to
be
funny
on
every
page.
So
I
wrote
stories
exactly
the
way
I
wanted
them
to
be.
So
there
was
a
lot
of,
I
think,
internal
pressure,
I
would
have
to
say,
more
than
external.
But
I
don’t
succumb
to
it
anymore,”
she
shares.
Wit,
humour
and
sarcasm
go
hand
in
hand
with
Twinkle
Khanna!
And
she’s
all
set
to
level
it
up
with
Mrs
Funnybones
Returns,
a
much-anticipated
sequel
to
her
bestseller!
The
preorders
of
‘Mrs
Funnybones
Returns’ are
open,
and
her
readers
cannot
keep
calm
to
grab
their
copies
soon!