College Street, known as Boi Para or Book Town, is reputed to be the largest second-hand book market in the world, stretching for over a kilometre in north Kolkata. Stalls and shops piled high with new, used and rare titles serve the students of the nearby universities and bibliophiles from across the city. Steeped in intellectual history and dotted with landmark coffee houses, it is a paradise for book lovers and a defining piece of Kolkata’s cultural identity.