There are some famous women you wish you could call for advice when you’re having a hard day. Chrissy Teigen, Oprah, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sheila Heti— women who seem like they have the world figured out. Women who are living life well, and who will be able to guide you on whether or not to quit your current job and then also tell you which hand lotion to use, latest novel to read, and the best brand of vanilla essence to buy. Twinkle Khanna is one such woman.
“Auntyji,” she says, laughing, sitting in her office, a bottle of water and a cup of coffee in front of her on her tidy desk. “Some of the aunties really have it together.”
Khanna’s office is tucked into the back lanes of Juhu, overlooking the Arabian Sea. As you wind your way to it, you leave the hustle and bustle of Mumbai behind you. At the entrance to her lobby, half a dozen puppies roll around playing with the man sweeping the floors. Inside her office, a handful of young women sit at desks with phones and computers, working.
On September 30, Khanna launched Tweakindia.com, her latest venture. A collaborative digital media company, Tweak aims to provide a space for “modern Indian women to challenge old ideas and discover new ones.” In addition to being a bilingual online platform, it will also have a physical component, including a book club partnered with Juggernaut. With this new ambition, Khanna hopes to reach out to women of all ages and repeatedly says this is a collaborative effort. Her bank of writers includes journalists as well as experts and celebrities from all walks of life that the actor-turned-author is bringing in as contributors. It’s 2019, so of course Tweak will also have podcasts, videos and events.
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Breathe In, Breathe Out
A powerful tool to help you master your nervous system or another biohacking buzzword? SIMONE DHONDY explores the inhalations and exhalations of breathwork
Red Pill, Blue Pill
India's nutraceutical industry is booming thanks to advanced technology, distrust of the medical system and rising vanity. With multivitamins becoming purer and more effective, NIDHI GUPTA finds out if supplements have become the new serum
Sign of the times
No longer do you need to have an answer to, \"What is the significance of this?\" when people point to your new tattoo. ARMAN KHAN discovers that everything is on the table when you get inked temporarily
Return to form
Watching the world's most elite athletes deliver the best performances of their careers rekindled SONAKSHI SHARMA's own love for sports
Dimple, All Day
YOU MAY HAVE WATCHED HER ON THE BIG SCREEN FOR OVER FIVE DECADES, BUT DON'T MAKE THE MISTAKE OF ASSUMING THAT YOU KNOW DIMPLE KAPADIA.
MUSIC, TAKE CONTROL
As someone who had always sought safety in numbers, ALIZA FATMA often wondered what her own company would feel like. The answer arrived unexpectedly when she attended her first-ever music festival, one of the largest in the world, all alone
Let it grow
When we think of hardworking farmers toiling in India's scorching heat, we often think of men, the sweat on their brow, the sinews in their arms. JYOTI KUMARI speaks to four women who are championing the invisible female labour that keeps these fields running
YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE
When armless archer Sheetal Devi set her sights on the Paralympic Games this year, she knew she had a tough journey ahead of her. Luckily, her mother was with her every step of the way.
Beauty and the feast
The appeal of Indian weddings has always been in a sprawling spread. For additional bragging rights, Aditi Dugar recommends going beyond designer tablecloths and monogrammed napkins.
Sweet serendipity
From a scavenger hunt-inspired proposal to a Moroccan-themed baraat, Malvika Raj and Armaan Rai's love story prioritised playfulness throughout their blended celebrations.
