"Fundraising was always going to be a big challenge and that was before the pandemic hit the world. It got more difficult by a huge magnitude since March 2020. However some of our staunchest supporters stepped up to the plate,” revealed Arzan Wadia, president of the Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America (FEZANA). He was referring to the herculean efforts involved in raising USD 1.1 million (Rs 8.1 crore) to establish the first ever FEZANA Professorship of Zoroastrian Languages and Literature at the University of Toronto (see "Toronto professorship,” Zoroastrians Abroad, Parsiana, July 7-20, 2021).
To understand the quantum......