Santiniketan

English Alternative forms en Shantiniketan Etymology en bn শান্তিনিকেতন. Proper noun en town near town/Bolpur in dist/Birbhum s/West Bengal in eastern c/India. en 2010 Japanese Studies: Changing Global Profile P.A. George Northern Book Centre New Delhi 8172112904 259 https://books.google.co.in/books?id=hWUAbOHgjbUC&pg=PA259&dq=Santiniketan&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiy596Ag8TzAhVFILcAHWsSBgM4KBDoAXoECAoQAw#v=onepage&q&f=false 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. en 2010 Bengali Cinema: ‘An Other Nation’ Sharmistha Gooptu w:Routledge 1136912177 144 https://books.google.co.in/books?id=DcUtCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA144&dq=Santiniketan&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjO6sO6kMTzAhWKA3IKHflNCOo4ZBDoAXoECAoQAw#v=onepage&q&f=false [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.’