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- Those nine years in Shantiniketan are the best days of my life. It was also the golden period for Shantiniketan... (en)
- Before Santiniketan there was absolutely no music in our home. At Santiniketan, my relationship with all these things grew. We also went closer to nature. (en)
- There was a much closer bond with nature. Secondly, there was music everywhere, a scene that was quite new to someone who had come from Bangladesh. Thirdly, the understanding and relationship between teachers and students was integral in bringing about a positive change in our lifestyle. (en)
- It was mainly in Tagore’s school that my educational attitudes were formed. This was a co-educational school, with many progressive features. The emphasis was on fostering curiosity rather than competitive excellence, and any kind of interest in examination performance and grades was severely discouraged…Since I was, I have to confess, a reasonably good student, I had to do my best to efface that stigma. (en)
- In the two and a half years, I had time to think, and time to realise that, without my being aware of it, the place had opened windows for me. More than anything else, it had brought me an awareness of our tradition, which I knew would serve as a foundation for any branch of art that I wished to pursue. (en)
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