Chapter in Global Textile Encounters, edited by Marie-Louise Nosch, Zhao Feng and Lotika Varadarajan (December 2017)
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.
Associate Professor, Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi. Director, UNESCO Parzor Project
Advisor, Fulbright Educational Programme, USIEF.
Executive Council Member, Temple of Understanding International.
Honorary Research Fellow, College of Humanities, University of Exeter.
Member, The Arts and Humanities Research Council, (AHRC), U.K. and Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), Newton Bhabha Fund & National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore.
Member, International Advisory Group of the European Research Council Project – “Multimedia Yasna”, SOAS, University of London.
