It was fixed. We were to interview a real clown. When we walk into a Bandra apartment, where she is currently put up, eager to meet Pam Moody aka Sparky, three jugglers playing pass, welcome us. Trying not to disturb them, we enter quietly to find the 57-year old Moody, seated on a couch, watching the others practise, with an amused expression. A far cry from her clown get-up. When we tell her that typicallyclowns are either too short, too tall or have a long nose, she laughs, “Traditional circus would have many dwarf clowns. There are hardly any now. Clowns come in all shapes and sizes.”

Pam Moody a.k.a Sparky. Pic/Shadab Khan