Actor-turned-writer, Twinkle Khanna is the daughter of veteran actors, late Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia. The duo tied the knot in 1973 when Dimple was a teenager. However, Rajesh and Dimple had an amicable separation some years later, and their kids, Twinkle and Rinke were largely raised by their mother. Now, Twinkle opened up about being raised by a single mother and mentioned that she might have turned out differently if her parents had stayed together.
Twinkle Khanna on being raised by a single mother
In a recent conversation with ace fashion designer, Masaba Gupta on her YouTube channel, Tweak India, the show’s host, Twinkle Khanna opened up about the patriarchal system in our society. Speaking along the same lines, she revealed that her mother, Dimple Kapadia, raised her single-handedly and added:
“I was raised largely by my mother. I would tell you that for the longest time I didn’t know that patriarchy and the patriarchal system existed because I wasn’t in the system.”