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Parsi embroidery's '92 riot connection
Updated On: 10 August, 2010 06:58 AM IST | | Melissa D'costa
To get a taste of how ancient parsi embroidery has been adapted to suit contemporary tastes. The Guide suggests drop by at Perveez Aggarwal's My Beautiful Embroideries sale
To get a taste of how ancient parsi embroidery has been adapted to suit contemporary tastes. The Guide suggests drop by at Perveez Aggarwal's My Beautiful Embroideries sale
What does an intricately embroidered Gara saree, usually an heirloom in most Parsi families, have to do with Mumbai 1992 riots? Everything, says South Mumbai resident Perveez Aggarwal.
Her label My Beautiful Embroideries was born in the aftermath of the Babri Masjid violence when she was thinking up ways to provide employment to uneducated but skilled Muslim karigars.
An association that kickstarted between this affluent Parsi lady and a bunch of Muslim artisans is now a full-fledged business that she runs from her home.
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