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

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The best part is that Khanna does not try to hide that she comes from a famous and privileged family, she does not feel sorry or embarrased about it.

Beneath the layers of rib-tickling humor lies a keen insight into the chaos and comedy that makes up our lives.

Be cautious if u read while travelling like me, your co passengers may get amused seeing you laughing your hearts out to a book :-). The book was also just the solution for a prolonged ‘reader’s block’ (yes, that is something I experience from time to time and is a perfectly valid condition) that I had been suffering from for nearly two months! Funnybones, we come to know the ingredients that go in the making of more Funnyboneses like the author!

She faces the same struggles every woman across the world does, with respect to eating habits and staying fit, not gaining weight. I find it heartwarming to know that even though she is from and has a wealthy background, she still has to run around her family, tiptoe around her mother in law and yelp at her mother's bidding. Funnybones(even if you count the first point as one), because it delivers exactly what the title promises. It made me laugh out loud and, as a mother of 4 boys, could identify with Ms Khanna's daily juggling act plus the embarrassment I seem to cause them.The book highlights anecdotes and the experiences of the author regarding her family, surroundings and the way she handles them. But what makes it special is the casual way in which it addresses the human preoccupation with belonging–one that we all experience–be it to our parents, our careers, our bodies, our partners or their families. Twinkle Khanna, born to famous film stars and married to one, is not someone you would empathise or identify with and yet her skill in her narrative lies in the fact that when you turn to the last page, that is exactly how you feel. She has arranged the chapters according to the 26 letters of the Alphabet, each one giving a glimpse into her thoughts, her insecurities, and some not-so-funny moments. Full of wit and delicious observations, Mrs Funnybones captures the life of the modern Indian woman a woman who organizes dinner each evening, even as she goes to work all day, who runs her own life but has to listen to her Mummyji, who worries about her weight and the state of the country.