College Street, the iconic hub of bookselling in Bengal, located in the heart of Kolkata, is undergoing a radical change in character, with the numerous age-old stalls selling textbooks losing out ...

College Street in Kolkata, also known as Boi Para, is a historic hub of knowledge and culture, originating from Madhab Dutta's pond and the establishment of Hindu College in 1817. It has evolved ...

Kolkata becomes a picture-perfect destination during monsoon as rain transforms its historical landmarks into dreamy photo ...

Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. Kolkata’s historic College Street is India’s largest book market, lending it the endearing nickname Boi Para—“Book Town.” ...

This heritage BnB in North Kolkata takes its design cues from ... Boipara is a nod to College Street with its shelves stacked with old books from Abanindranath Tagore’s Raj Kahini to Julius ...

Kolkata: Nestled amid iconic educational institutions, the pavements in College Street on Saraswati Puja morning witnessed Charles Dickens jostling for space with Yuval Noah Harari at the ...

A tram on College Street in Kolkata, India, in July.Credit ... trucks, buses, cars, vintage yellow Ambassador taxis, rickshaws manual and electric, pedestrians, herds of goats and the occasional ...

As West Bengal and Odisha assess the damage and destruction caused by Cyclone Amphan, pictures of a ravaged College Street in Kolkata are breaking hearts. College Street, or Boi Para as it is ...

It begins with the creak of an old hand-pulled rickshaw, somewhere near Bowbazar. You hop in and ask the rickshaw-wallah to take you to College Square. He turns, slightly confused, and asks ...