Indian author, newspaper columnist, film producer and former Bollywood actor, Twinkle Khanna, has joined Save the Children as the Artist Ambassador to champion girls’ encourage adolescent health and right to menstrual hygiene.

Twinkle Khanna believes, “Even today, one half of the population in our country continues to struggle for their fair share. Women and girls are often denied access to rights simply because they are born girls. And this discrimination begins right from the womb and the cycle continues. And they continue to lose out on the most basic of the rights – whether we talk of health, education and on it goes. Let’s start with adolescent health and menstrual hygiene which is often ignored. Access to basic health and hygiene should not be a matter of chance but choice and rights.

Taboos and lack of awareness around something as natural as menstruation push more than 50 per cent of women to most unhygienic practices. We need to push boundaries, and we need to have more open, honest conversations around menstruation to begin with. It is literally getting back to the basics when we talk of equal rights. It starts here. I, Twinkle Khanna, am excited to join Save the Children as their artist ambassador to champion the cause of adolescent health and menstrual hygiene. I am looking forward to meeting some of the inspiring young champions who are leading the change in their communities.”

Karan Johar just took to his social media profile and shared a picture with Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna from the shoot and wrote, “Wanted to direct @mrsfunnybones 20 years ago and finally managed on an ad yesterday! Worked with the gentleman actor @akshaykumar for the first time!!! They are such an incredible couple!!! Thank you!!! @DharmaTwoPointO #adlife @punitdmalhotra @apoorvamehta18 @garimaVohra”

Filmmaker Karan Johar is a family friend of Twinkle Khanna and Akshay Kumar. The filmmaker has wanted to shoot the duo for 20 long years and looks like his long-held wish has come true. The Ad will air soon!

Mrs Funnybones on Monday took to Twitter and shared the announcement, "Out in early September and I am going to be crossing my fingers and toes for the next few months."

Twinkle Khanna shared the new cover on her social media profile and hailed it as one of her favourite covers. She wrote, “This is probably going down as one of my favourite covers - I look my age, my size and I look perfectly happy with it all. A new book and a new look."

The official handle of ELLE India also shared the cover with some of the most hilarious quotes from Twinkle Khanna.

It said, “I would describe myself as a feminist, along with other strange things like tree-hugger, bookworm and crackpot — all labels equally important to my identity” Mrs Funnybones is as witty as ever in our August issue as she discusses her much-awaited first novel, unusual heroes and the importance of being an oddball. @twinklerkhanna.”

Well, only Twinkle Khanna can be feminist and Tree-Hugger at the same time and yet conquer the film producing hardcore corporate world.