Twinkle Khanna’s take on UP CM Yogi Adityanath and on feminism is bold and witty

Actress-entrepreneur-columnist-producer Twinkle Khanna never minces her words and has always been vocal and upfront about things. So, at the recent India Today Woman Summit and Awards in New Delhi, Twinkle was quizzed about the newly appointed Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, for his distasteful comments on ‘safety of women’. (Also Read: ‘Padman’ tries to harp on inhibitions regarding menstruation, says Twinkle Khanna)

Here’s what she said, “He needs to do an asana… which helps release gas. But I think he’s also changing fashion. In fact, I had tweeted as well that Asian Paints must announce the new colour of the season — Beguiling Saffron with a tagline: Orange is the new brown.” Haha, this is exactly what you could expect from Twinkle.

Also, in the wake of many actresses like Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt and Sonakshi Sinha flaunting feminist slogan T-shirts, Twinkle had her witty take on feminism in place. She said, “As long as you believe in equality, you’re a feminist. Having said that, these days I see a lot of proverbial T-shirt wearing feminists, and that’s fantastic. There’s one (T-shirt) by Dior that I really want… But with me, I feel like I need to go a bit beyond that.”

She further added, “I think for me, my version of feminism is based on me pushing the envelope by picking stories I tell and projects I plan. So I am making a movie called ‘Padman’. It revolves around menstruation and sanitary pads. I’ve put my money, my clout, my goodwill and determination behind a project which I believe will alleviate the burden from a lot of women, and will take a part of our biology that is right now wrapped in newspaper and shoved down black plastic bags and bring it out for open discussion. That’s my version of feminist.”

What an answer!

Prajakta Ajgaonkar

Passionate about writing, and a Bollywood lover, she is all that is sweet and endearing! She desires to put her best foot forward in everything that she does and loves to help anyone who’s in need.