Mrs Funnybones: She's just like You and a lot like Me

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Twinkle Khanna, former actress born into a superstar family and married to a superstar husband; Indians love to peek inside celebrity lives. If your daughter-in-law claims that she loves you like her own mother, then daal mein kuch kaala hai and that little black spot could very well be rat poison” are words to live by. I could ask my mother-in-law if she has seen the baby, but she may just tell me that I need to fast on alternate Mondays, and God will deliver the baby back to me . The book is full of interesting anecdotes and speckled with self-deprecating humour and witty innuendos.

Twinkle Khanna matches her tv show persona in her book with tongue in cheek remarks and colourful opinions.She dips in and out of intimacy with effortless ease, telling you as much as she wants to and sometimes telling you too much. The book highlights anecdotes and the experiences of the author regarding her family, surroundings and the way she handles them.

Funnybones’, who takes her life one day and one incident at a time, and whose goal of amusing herself often even ends up amusing others. Twinkle's candid narration about her own quirks and escapades makes her feel like that witty friend you wish you had on speed dial. every night i would take this book with me on bed and read till i fall asleep with happy thoughts in mind. I've been following her on Twitter for quite a while now, and have been a fan of her tweets and columns. The subtext is feminism and it is very cleverly represented through the artwork at the beginning of each chapter.

Unfailingly humourous for the most part and in places sombre, Twinkle Khanna’s colourful take on most of the daily drudgery of life definitely made me laugh. Have you ever been inside a closed space, early in the morning, with people who have apparently eaten chicken makhani and aloo gobi the previous night, have rushed to the airport in the morning and then decided to immerse their fellow passengers in aromatic fumes? I was currently reading another serious book 'The Autobiography of a Yogi' when Mrs Funnybones came in.

i googled authors she mentions, recommendations for books and watched an excellent film i had never heard about while waiting for Mrs.

The book is not at all like the ones that I usually read, it's more like an extended compilations of her columns. We then turn into the long private road that leads to our building when the rickshaw driver suddenly says, ‘Madam, that hero Akshay Kumar used to live here but now he lives in Bandra.