From early history, textiles have woven together the tapestry of humanity. The Parsi Zoroastrians, now a tiny minority of under 65,000 individuals in India, have saved, in their cupboards and trunks, this proof of our world’s multicultural history. Complex roots and routes lie behind what we call “Parsi Embroidery” today.

The responsibility for what is wrong - and the responsibility for making it right - rests firmly on each of our shoulders. We, as a community, collectively need to do a much better job of protecting and preserving our rich past.

Aeons ago, a reservoir of cultural leitmotifs and symbols developed among the peoples of the Central Asian steppes. Drawn from the pastoral life they led, these symbols survived as communities were dispersed across the continent of Eurasia and, even after several millennia, display their common ancestry.