Use to visit this place quite often during my school and college days. Been there recently, generation has changed so is the crowd. Still you will find any book from any publisher irrespective how long it was printed. During durga puja this place host one of the famous puja with the best lighting in the city. More

It stretches from Bowbazar to Mahatma Gandhi road crossing.academic institutions such as Presidency College, Sanskrit College, Scottish Church College, the Bethune College, the Medical College Kolkata , the Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management, Vidyasagar College, Hare School, Hindu School and the University of Calcutta are situated on this street. The Indian Coffee House, a cafe that has... More

Boi Para requires to be housed in a closed, user friendly environment where more people from outside Kolkata can move about ,browse ,and get a taste of all that Bengal is so proud about. More

what a collection....small stalls in the foot of the roads, but can provide you any book in the world...just you have to giv ethe proper name. Mostly all the stalls are on small and narrow bye lanes of colleage squre. A very vibrant place to hang around (if you like to mingle arond with crowd) lot of good educational institution... More

It is not only books but also the cultural heart of Bengal. Very narrow lanes ,always crowded but you will get all kinds of books and at a very cheap price (New & Old). and dont miss a cup of coffee at The Indian Coffee House, cigarette smoke, too much talking all around, crowd from 18-80yrs. A different Calcutta More

One of the places you MUST visit in Kolkata- a long stretch of street with top class educational institutions along it and the footpaths lined by millions of big, medium and mostly miniscule book stores and stalls selling books covering every topic under the sun, medical instruments and bric a brac...teeming with students on a shoestring budget everywhere you look... More

College Street is the heart of Kolkata. Here within a block are the three institutions that shaped modern India : the Presidency College, The Calcutta University and the Medical College. Together with this the Hindu School, The Hare School and the Sanskrit College as well as the Coffee House all within a stone's throw. These institutions themselves should be on... More

If you are looking for a specific out of print book you may well be able to acquire it from one of the many book stalls in College Street. Also the famous Coffee House is off a side street and worth visiting. More

...unless you went to college here at the Calcutta University. I didn't, so I'm not as attached - but it remains a dream to sit in the coffee house with their slow service and nostalgic food and write an entire book. Great place for buying cheap books - even though it is very, very crowded, and you will be lost... More