Japanese students attend cultural exchange workshop in Siliguri

Local NGO ‘Concern’ today organised a workshop in Siliguri with an aim to share the cultural space between India and Japan. Fifteen students from the Hiroshima University of Japan engaged in culture-related discussions with students of various schools and colleges of Darjeeling and Siliguri.

 

Members of nine NGOs from town also participated in the event, the first of its kind in Siliguri, although Darjeeling has already hosted two such workshops earlier. Hiroshima University analyst Tai Tai Takahashi said Japanese students have got introduced to a new dimension of student culture in India through this event.

According to Takahashi, Indian students are much more aware on the social front. Tapas Karmakar from Concern, the programme manager of the event, said the Japanese representatives are looking forward to help poor children here get access to education with assistance from their Indian counterparts.