{
  "id": 5926736,
  "title": "'Isn’t Funny Or Sensible': Internet SLAMS Twinkle Khanna For Comparing Mughal History With Kebabs, Kormas",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/isnt-funny-or-sensible-internet-slams-twinkle-khanna-for-comparing",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-06T06:43:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/lifestyle/isnt-funny-or-sensible-internet-slams-twinkle-khanna-for-comparing-mughal-history-with-kebabs-kormas"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Internet users have lambasted actor-author Twinkle Khanna for comparing Mughal history with Indian dishes like kebabs and keemas in her Mrs Funnybones column. The comparison drew criticism from social media user Sheema Kher, who argued that likening food to brutal historical events is neither funny nor sensible. Kher pointed out the film Kesari, which starred Khanna's husband Akshay Kumar, as an example of how such historical events often receive limited attention in school education. She noted that Khanna, alongside her husband, played a significant role in the film which she described as a \"kick-ass\" movie. Kher emphasized that despite the violence depicted in the film, she did not stop eating chicken delicacies the following day.",
  "summary": "Actor-author Twinkle Khanna’s latest take on India’s ongoing conversation around food safety has sparked a different debate online. A remark from her Mrs Funnybones column, published on August 30, has drawn criticism from social media user Sheema Kher, who objected to the way Khanna linked Mughal history with popular Indian food. What did Twinkle Khanna say? In the column, Khanna was discussing…",
  "key_points": [
    "Twinkle Khanna compared Mughal history to Indian dishes in her column",
    "Social media user Sheema Kher criticized the comparison",
    "Kher highlighted limited attention to historical events in education"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The backlash against Twinkle Khanna's comparison of Mughal history with Indian dishes reveals a sensitivity about trivializing historical events, even when discussed in a supposedly humorous context.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}