Actor Anupam Kher, who in 2019 released his autobiography titled Lessons Life Taught Me Unknowingly, recently released a book detailing his account of the lockdown. The actor says that writing the book, Your Best Day is Today, was not something that he had planned on. “I did not think about writing this book. I’d penned my autobiography and thought that it would take three or four years to write my next book. But during this Coronavirus pandemic and lockdown, I thought I should write about what is happening with me and with the world,” he says.

A major reason for writing it, he shares, was to spread positivity and help people remember that the pandemic has affected everyone and it is important to stay positive. “I am an optimist. It is important to remain positive in these times. There is so much uncertainty and fear. So I thought the best thing to do is to write what you feel. And in those notes there were positive situations. That is how I started writing it.”

He says he started by writing about what was happening to him, but then family members, including his mother and brother, tested Covid-positive. “Having gone through that situation, I thought if I write about it, people will identify with it,” the Hotel Mumbai actor adds.

The 65-year-old says the lockdown helped many people realise the importance of family. “In these sad times, so many positives came out. We realised that we run after so many things for no reason. We discovered that what we need is our family, our near and dear ones, and a working Wi-Fi connection, of course,” he concludes with a laugh.