It is often said that to be a writer, you need to be a reader. According to Twinkle Khanna, who dons many hats (author, producer, interior designer), it is much more important to be observant.
“I collect stories, and I’m curious about everything,” says author Twinkle Khanna at the Crossword bookstore in Chennai’s Express Avenue mall. She is in conversation with Rosella Stephen, Editor The Hindu Magazine, on her latest book Welcome to Paradise (published by Juggernaut Books).
Whenever anything funny or unique happens around Twinkle, she seems to go into writer mode. “I constantly take notes and there are always a bunch of stories in my folders. Some stories stay there for years on end. Then they come together in my head. When they are cooked, and percolated enough, that’s when I decide to put them out,” she says, adding that there are often stories that are complete, but the layers are missing. It is what has led to the creation of her latest work, a collection of short stories that explore the depths of loneliness, heartbreak, and deception.
