Twinkle Khanna says ‘mat kar’ is Akshay Kumar’s ‘only contribution’ to her writing career

MUMBAI: Author Twinkle Khanna has revealed that superstar husband Akshay Kumar’s “only contribution” to her writing career is saying “mat kar”.

Talking about whether she receives any suggestions from Akshay Kumar, Twinkle said in a statement: "This morning, I was discussing the topics I plan to touch upon in my next column, and he told me, 'Mat karna...do not get into that issue'. Mat kar is basically his only and biggest contribution to my writing career.”

Twinkle, who has authored Mrs Funnybones, Mrs Funnybones Returns, The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad, Pyjamas Are Forgiving and Welcome to Paradise, on World Book Day on Thursday, gave a peek nto her lens through which she views the world.

"My job is to make people reflect on the things that are visible. But our own conditioning blinds us to those factors. It might make people uncomfortable and they might call it offensive... (But) I think about how I will unravel the layers of conditioning not just around them but also around me because I also find my way through life as I write."

For her, what stands out is what she has contributed to the spaces.

"It is what I was able to give that medium, and books have always been my life and actually so has cinema. So much of what I write has been because of the experiences that I also had as a young actor, whether it was seeing the basic inequalities between men and women. which I only realised much later in life."

Twinkle feels her skill set aligned more with the world of books because she loves poetry and language.