College Street Coffee House, Kolkata
While vividly searching for books in every possible bookstore, our eyes met the College Street Coffee House. Being the rendezvous of Satyajit Ray, Amartya Sen, Sunil Gangopadhyay, Mrinal Sen, Aparna Sen and innumerable other versatile personalities, College Street Coffee House has always held its head high right from inception till date. Since it is situated in the heart of many renowned institutions, this place quickly became the melting pot for student, budding poets, artists. "The hub of intellectual debates" is located opposite to Presidency College, College Street. It occupies the first and second floors of the rambling mansion, which was built to commemorate Albert Hall, in 1876. The Albert Hall was transformed into a coffee shop in 1942 by the Coffee Board. Although the management shut it down in 1958 , it was opened again in that very year after the professors and students of Presidency College and Calcutta University sent a petition to the government. Ultimately, the...