Sanskriti

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Sanskriti is a Sanskrit word for "culture."

There are a wide variety of organizations and events calling themselves Sanskriti:

• Student groups and events:
  • Sanskriti, a cultural festival held by students at Jadavpur University, in Kolkata, India
  • A South Asian American student organization at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, USA [1]
  • Indian Student Association at San Diego State University in San Diego, California, USA [2]
• Sanskriti Center, an institute for Indian culture in New York City [3]
• Diasporic Bengali cultural organizations:
  • Sanskriti (San Francisco Bay Area) [4]
  • Sanskriti (Washington, DC) [5]
  • Sanskriti (Buffalo, New York) [6]
• Publications:
  • A publication of the Bangladeshi Ganotantrik Biplobi Jote political group
  • A politically progressive South Asian American magazine [7]
• Names
  • Sanskriti is also a (somewhat uncommon) name preferred by Indian parents for their daughters. For American consumption, it is usually abbreviated as "Sans"