▁to ▁the ▁US , ▁where ▁he ▁studied ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁liberal ▁arts ▁from ▁anth rop ology , ▁astronom y , ▁modern ▁American ▁fiction , ▁and ▁robot ics ▁at ▁Ham pshire ▁College ▁in ▁Am her st , ▁Massachusetts . ▁He ▁studied ▁and ▁worked ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁for ▁about ▁a ▁de cade , ▁an ▁experience ▁that ▁has ▁sh aped ▁him ▁as ▁an ▁individual , ▁expos ing ▁him , ▁in ▁contrast ▁to ▁his ▁conserv ative ▁up br ing ing ▁in ▁J od h pur , ▁to ▁a ▁world ▁that ▁he ▁could ▁have ▁not ▁experienced ▁or ▁imag ined ▁otherwise . ▁He ▁then ▁studied ▁arts ▁and ▁philosophy ▁at ▁the ▁Mar l bor o ▁College ▁in ▁Verm ont , ▁and ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁gradu ate ▁from ▁the ▁Par s ons ▁School ▁of ▁Design ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City , ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 . ▁After ▁gradu ating ▁from ▁Par s ons , ▁R ath ore ▁went ▁to ▁work ▁for ▁Don na ▁Kar an ▁as ▁an ▁assistant ▁designer ▁for ▁D K N Y . ▁He ▁then ▁worked ▁at ▁the ▁high ▁design ▁at el ier ▁of ▁Oscar ▁de ▁la ▁R enta , ▁and ▁was ▁an ▁assistant ▁to ▁de ▁la ▁R enta . ▁He ▁worked ▁in ▁Paris ▁with ▁de ▁la ▁R enta , ▁when ▁de ▁la ▁R enta ▁was ▁h ired ▁to ▁design ▁for ▁the ▁house ▁of ▁Pierre ▁Bal main . ▁ ▁St ake holder ▁ ▁Rel iance ▁Indust ries ▁Ltd ▁owned ▁by ▁billion aire ▁M uk esh ▁Am ban i ▁& ▁ ▁Er men eg ild o ▁Z eg na