| Interview with Lekha Bhagat by Aditi |
| Q IF YOU WERE A ROCK STAR WHO WOULD YOU BE?? |
| Sting |
| Q IF YOUR ART WAS AN ANIMAL WHICH WOULD IT BE ?? |
| doggy/0tter |
| Q WHAT WAS YOUR INSPIRATION ?? |
| i always wated to do pottery, i kind of grew up with it. my mother had got us a stone wheel and a kiln in the garden, we used it untill a snake skin was found in it. |
| Q DID YOU EVER QUESTION YOUR ART?? |
| yes because financially it is very unrewarding |
| Q WAS THIS YOUR FIRST CAREER OPTION ?? |
| pottery was a dream not a career option |
| Q IS A CAREER IN POTTERY A RISKY PROPOSITION ?? |
| yes it remains risky because though costs have gone up the
rewards haven't particularly |
| Q WOULD MONETARY BENIFITS SUCH AS PENSIONS ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO TAKE UP ART ?? |
| society needs artists but artists can't sustain themselves so
society should sustain them |
| Q IF YOU WERE TO BE REBORN WHO OR WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO BE ?? |
| Aung Sang Su Kyi |
| Q IF YOU COULD BE GOD FOR A DAY AND COULD DO
NOTHING ABOUT PEACE, POVERTY AND THE NUCLEAR BOMB WHAT WOULD YOU DO ?? |
| i would want to enrich peoples lives and infuse a sense of
the aesthetic in them |
| Q IF YOU COULD UNINVENT ANYTHING WHAT WOULD IT BE?? |
| plastic |
| Q TRANCE IS NONSENSE OR THE NEXT STEP ?? |
| its hyper stressful nonsense |
| Q BEST SHOP TO BUY EQUIPMQNT IN DELHI ?? |
| Stark and co on Rohtak Road or Delhi Blue Pottery on Ring road |
| Q IDEAL AGE TO START LEARNING POTTERY?? |
| early teens you have to be able to kick the wheel or younger for clay modelling |
| Q ARE THEIR ANY INFORMATION AND RESOURCE CENTERS THAT
YOUNG PEOPLE CAN REFER TO?? |
| Delhi Blue Pottery and national museum provide some amount of information. Ministry of Human Resources also provides fellowships |
