Bollywood couple of Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna has urged people to impart education to children, sharing their stories on how education helped them in achieving success.
Sharing a throwback photo from her school days, Twinkle, who is also an author and producer, started the hashtag “#WhyTheGap” on social media, emphasizing the need to educate girls.
“Growing up, as you can see not only did I have the same hairstyle as my class teacher( why? why? why?) but studying and doing well was very important to me and it all helped me to become an independent woman. 2/5 girls still don’t complete school. Let’s ask #WhyTheGap with Save the Children India to give every girl #TheRightStart.”
She nominated Akshay, actress Sonam Kapoor-Ahuja and writer Tahira Kashyap to share their stories and make people understand the vital role of education in life.
Taking up her wife’s challenge, Akshay uploaded his old picture in which he is seen sitting on a bicycle. Akshay spoke about the importance of health and nutrition in the growing-up years.
“Growing up I was always inclined towards sports and my mother would ensure I got nutritious home-cooked meals to fuel my passion. But it’s a privilege that millions of street children do not have access to. 11,72,604 children in India can’t afford even a single meal a day! It’s time to ask #WhyTheGap with Save the Children India,” he wrote.
Ayushmann Khurrana’s wife Tahira Kashyap, who was nominated by Twinkle Khanna also reacted to the challenge and took to Instagram to share her childhood memory.
She uploaded the photo and penned down, “Thank you @twinklerkhanna for nominating me. Though I am rocking your school hairdo currently! And now I know how frido dido must have felt! And this picture – Well these were the days of looking like an ape in a pineapple costume and feeling like a princess! I pretty much was delusional! But as much as we all are obsessed with kings and queens, education taught me not just the difference between reality and fairy tales but empowered me to twist and turn and make my own ‘not so fairy’ tales”.
“My short film #toffee was inspired by this really disturbing fact that 1 in 3 women in India is married before the age of 18. Let’s ask #WhyTheGap with @savethechildren_india to give every girl #TheRightStart “.I nominate @ayushmannk @diamirzaofficial @iamsonalibendre @nehadhupia to share their childhood memories and take this ahead”.
She nominated Ayushmann Khurrana, Dia Mirza, Sonali Bendre and Neha Dhupia for the same.