Akshay's idea of a romantic date is a six-kilometre jog, followed by 500 crunches... together! Eeeeks! Twinkle Khanna More Quotes by Twinkle Khanna More Quotes From Twinkle Khanna Twinkle Twinkle little star Twinkle Khanna The good part about getting older is you stop trying to prove anything to anyone, including yourself. All you are in the pursuit of is collecting experiences - beautiful, fragile little soap bubbles that you store in your heart, and every once in a while you pull one out and gaze at the delicate pictures it shows you. Twinkle Khanna good you heart beautiful 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. Twinkle Khanna i-am business home window 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. Twinkle Khanna candle tough-times husband world 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 me you thank-god god I live my life in a very peculiar way where nothing gets my goat as such. I don't look at things in a manner where they offend me. I look at things in a manner where they amuse me. Twinkle Khanna my-life look me life 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. Twinkle Khanna woman i-am me looking-back 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 me car hope life My father believed in astrology. His astrologer had predicted that his daughter would become a writer someday. My father would nag me, but I didn't write a word till he passed away. I wish he could see me now. Twinkle Khanna me daughter wish father 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. Twinkle Khanna day mother mind water 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 i-am me aesthetic fashion I don't need an alarm clock to wake up in the morning. Akshay snores so loudly that I'm usually awake the entire night! Twinkle Khanna need wake-up morning night There was never a game plan to be on social media. Like most things in life, if you work consistently and at your pace, then things fall into place. Twinkle Khanna you social-media work life Eat carbohydrates: All these protein diets may help you twirl prettily in a size-2 dress, but if you want your mind to take a few marvelous leaps, then you have to give it the food it needs. Twinkle Khanna dress you mind food I'm not romantic; I'm very practical. There are lots of fish in the sea; so whoever gets struck with your rod, one is as good as another. Twinkle Khanna fish good sea romantic I had a multicultural exposure; that's why I don't believe in a particular religion. I have respect for most because I grew up surrounded by so many. I don't judge people by that, and I feel extremely offended when people categorise based on race, religion, or gender. Twinkle Khanna respect believe people religion My frankness has got me into a lot of trouble. I try to temper it down now. As you get older, you get wiser. Twinkle Khanna down try me you I'm a different person who's not my father or my mother. I want to be treated differently from them. I am myself, Twinkle Khanna. I am proud of being the daughter of such illustrious parents, but I would not like to be compared with them time and again. Twinkle Khanna myself daughter mother time People feel feminists are aggressive, men-hating women with a little moustache. I think it's got a bad reputation because when feminism came into being, we were facing so much opposition that we had to be strident and aggressive. Twinkle Khanna feel think women people 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. Twinkle Khanna game look unique children
