Meaning of Santiniketan | Babel Free

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A neighbourhood of the town of Bolpur, Birbhum district, West Bengal, in eastern India.

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“Japanese interaction with Santiniketan dates back to the year 1902 with the arrival of the above-mentioned Shitoku Hori. Subsequently, in 1905, Jinnosuke Sano, an ex-student of Keio University, arrived in Santiniketan. He was the jujutsu teacher. It is known that during his three years of stay⟳ at Santiniketan, while teaching jujutsu, he also taught Japanese language.”

“[A]nd one reason⟳ why young Satyajit decided to cut⟳ short his study⟳ at Santiniketan was his growing sense⟳ of the place⟳ being ‘an isolated island’ and his desire to go back to Calcutta ‘in order⟳ to keep⟳ abreast of things’. One of the things he had missed in the esoteric surroundings of Santiniketan was the film-going experience⟳ he so loved: ‘to relax⟳ in the coolness of a cinema, and lose⟳ myself in the make-believe world of Hollywood.’”

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