Boi Para’s {aka College Street} streak of prestigious educational institutions has continued its journey across the road, right into Bidhan Sarani. While Presidency, Calcutta University and the Medical College crowd the Boi Para, institutions like Bethune College and school, Vidyasagar College, Khudiram Bose College and Scottish Church School line the stretch of Bidhan Sarani. A stone’s throw away are the old and legendary bookstores such as Das Gupta & Co — one of the oldest in India, it has witnessed two World Wars {read about them here}, Manisha Granthalaya which stocks a range of out-of-print books from the erstwhile USSR {read about it here}, and the studio-bookstore Boi Chitra {read bout it here} where Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Rajendra Prasad have had their pictures taken.
