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 inspired by the storied craft. Lilaowala studied textile design at the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, following which he conducted extensive research on Parsi Embroidery for the Ministry of Textiles alongside UNESCO’s Parzor Foundation that took him on a journey across China, Iran and India. His seminal research on the traditional and vanishing craft of Zoroastrian Kusti weaving has been published as a book, Threads of Continuity – The Zoroastrian Craft of Kusti Weaving.

Sarah Stewart

Sarah Stewart is Reader Emeritus in Zoroastrianism at SOAS and former Shapoorji Pallonji Reader in Zoroastrianism and co-chair of the SOAS Shapoorji Pallonji Institute of Zoroastrianism. She is Hon Sec

Dr Firdaus Gandavia

Dr Firdaus Gandavia is a Chartered Accountant. Literature was always his passion so he did a PhD in English Literature. He has taught at Mumbai University as a guest lecturer.

Abhimanyu Acharya

Abhimanyu Acharya is a multilingual fiction writer, playwright, translator, and scholar currently based out of Ontario, Canada where he is a postdoctoral associate at Western University. He has published two

Dr. Kerman Daruwalla

Dr. Kerman Daruwalla is the project coordinator for the TISS-Parzor Academic Programme. Kerman completed his PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London in 2021