Hello everyone! Welcome back to The Brigade that Builds Brands. Today, I'm chatting with Air Force wife & teacher-turned-crafter Anamika Sarkar. She left her well-established teaching job when her son was small and turned her hobby into her profession. Something that she could pack and take along on all their postings across India, Anamika has found immense joy in her handmade craft business. Here's how she's done it, and how anyone with a wisp of a dream + the gumption to work, can do it. I hope Anamika's story inspires you to take your dream by the horns and turn into work that you can juggle along with the bustling service life.
C. Please tell something about yourself- what do you do, where are you based and
how long have you been a Fauji wife?
A. I have been married to a fighter pilot
since the last fourteen years. It was an arranged match, and since I came from
a pure civilian background, I had no inkling of what I was getting into then.
Till that point in my life, I knew very little about Fauj in general and the Air
Force in particular. Fourteen years and seven postings later, here I am, a
well-travelled Fauji wife presently based in Delhi, and slightly more
knowledgeable, in how to set-up and decorate a government allotted
accommodation, invite friends over, manage the household, and wind-up and move
to another part of the country, and all this in a short span of two to three
years. I have attained a Masters degree in Museology, and a Bachelors degree
in Education. I love listening to music, reading, and a bit of a movie buff.
Painting and Craft are my stress-busters. I have a son aged nine years, and he
is in the fourth standard.
C. What has been your business or creative journey been like; how and when did you
start your venture?
A. I have always been
into the teaching profession, but realized my actual passion towards the
Creative Arts only a few years back. Though I have been interested in painting
and creating hand-made objects since I was a child, but it was only a couple of
years back when I had to quit my job from a renowned school in Pune, (as my son
was very small) that I decided to take up Creative Art as a career. Today I
work as a freelance artist and conduct workshops with various art forms.
