Ashdeen Z. Lilaowala
Ashdeen Z. Lilaowala is an award-winning textile designer, author and curator known for his research and revival work on the Parsi Gara through his eponymous label specialising in hand-embroidered saris […]
Parsi Embroidery: An Intercultural Amalgam
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, […]
Parsis and Historical Preservation
Dinyar Patel for Jam-e-Jamshed Weekly, Sunday, November 28, 2021
An Introduction to Zoroastrianism: Continuity & Change
Once the state religion of a massive empire of the ancient world, Zoroastrianism has been reduced to a handful of refugees & today is one of the smallest minority religious […]
Sacred Armour: Ritual Garments of the Parsi Zoroastrians Aeons ago, a reservoir of cultural leitmotifs and symb
Sacred Armour: Ritual Garments of the Parsi Zoroastrians Aeons ago, a reservoir of cultural leitmotifs and symbols developed among the peoples of the Central Asian steppes. Drawn from the pastoral […]