Twinkle Khanna Quotes

The government should include menstrual hygiene in the curriculum.

Well, menstrual hygiene is a cause that is close to my heart.

My wife was gone, all other girls failed to cooperate, so I decided to wear a pouch of animal blood myself and test out my pads by wearing them myself. The discomfort I felt for those five days cannot be explained in words; I bow to every woman on earth for going through this every month.

Mentioning the word 'menstruation' has always been a taboo in India. People always shy away from talking about menstruation hygiene, and the awareness about the topic is very dismal.

Over half the world menstruates at one time or another, but you'd never know it. Isn't that strange?

My project for menstrual hygiene is about empowering girls.

Every father, brother, and husband should know about menstruation. It is not just about women; it is about men, too.

I told my parents that I wanted to work on menstrual hygiene because I believe a girl can achieve everything if she is healthy.

Men have periods too, they just don't bleed.

I was ten. I had noticed something was weird earlier in the day, but I knew from commercials that one's menstrual period was a blue liquid that you poured like laundry detergent onto maxi pads to test their absorbency. This wasn't blue, so... I ignored it for a few hours.

Precisely what menstruation is, is not yet very well known.

My new novel 'Red Hook Road' began many years ago as a short article in the newspaper.

I already have a pet project called Project Shakti and it aims on educating women on menstruation cycle.

Wherever I went and spoke about menstrual hygiene, I was beaten up by people. I used to cover my cheeks with both my hands whenever I went to speak on the subject, so how could I ever imagine that someone would make a film on such a topic?

There should be awareness on menstrual hygiene among men as well.

Nobody in the society will talk about menstruation... it's a taboo in my country. That's why I'm branded by society as a psycho.

My vision is to make India into a 100% sanitary-pad-using country. Menstruation is no more a taboo.

As we know, menstrual hygiene is an issue women have been facing over the years. It's great that the initiative to provide low-cost sanitary napkins has been undertaken. It is an empowering step for many women.

I thought a book on miracles might be a great idea, but just because it's a great idea doesn't mean I'm supposed to do it. But my editor persisted, and eventually I thought, 'He's right. I should write this book.'

To me, the contemporary novel suffers from a lack of sense of place - or spirit of place, if you will. It's not important to most writers, I must assume, or they try to research a given background on sabbatical. Not for me. I write about places I've lived long before I ever set pen to paper.

My daughter writes and is the editor of her school magazine.

What I love about research is when I'm having a bad day and I can't write, I'll just research some more, I'll learn some more and I'll have better command of the world of the film.

I had a column in high school for our school newspaper. I enjoy writing.

When writing 'Give and Take' and 'Originals,' the predominant emotion for me was curiosity.

I'm ecstatic to be known as pad man, as it makes a difference to women's lives.