While my keen interest in the Parsi Gara has been unwavering since childhood, as I was deeply influenced by my textile-loving mother, I formally began working with the Parsi Gara as a textile design student at NID. After graduating, I travelled across India, China, and Iran with the UNESCO Parzor Foundation, documenting the Gara. The evolution of the Gara mirrors the journey of India’s small yet enterprising Parsi community that I belong to.
The Parsis are Zoroastrians (followers of the Persian prophet century CE. They first arrived in Gujarat and eventually settled along the west coast of India. The Gara or Garo refers to what the sari is called in Gujarati which is the community’s adopted tongue.
