Lilavati's FairBengal

Kolkata

Iconic places of Bengal

The shops and corners of the city our buyers ask for by name. Tell us what you want from any of them.

51 places

AnandaAnandaA saree and ethnic-wear shop in Russel Street, KolkataSee this place →Pratikshan BoiChaGharPratikshan BoiChaGharCollege Street book-cafe with a handpicked collectionSee this place →Katha-O-KahiniKatha-O-KahiniA trusted name in College Street’s book sceneSee this place →Adi Mohini Mohan KanjilalAdi Mohini Mohan KanjilalA timeless saree boutique in KolkataSee this place →Paschim Banga Marketing CorporationPaschim Banga Marketing CorporationA West Bengal government centre for artisanal goods.See this place →Banglar SareeBanglar SareeAn initiative of the Government of West Bengal.See this place →RupshaaliRupshaaliA small bookshop with a reading corner.See this place →SabyasachiSabyasachiA red corner building with curved balconies.See this place →SabhyataSabhyataA clothing store for festive wear.See this place →Kanishka’sKanishka’sA boutique in a house behind a garden arch.See this place →Serampore Mission PressSerampore Mission PressThe mission press of Carey, Marshman and Ward at Serampore, printing Bengali books from 1800.See this place →Calcutta School-Book SocietyCalcutta School-Book SocietyThe 1817 Calcutta society that wrote, printed and supplied schoolbooks in Bengali and five other languages.See this place →BattalaBattalaThe cheap-print quarter of north Kolkata: almanacs, puthi, farces and woodcut-illustrated books for everyday readers.See this place →Sanskrit Press and Sanskrit Press DepositorySanskrit Press and Sanskrit Press DepositoryVidyasagar's own press and bookshop, founded in 1847 with Madan Mohan Tarkalankar: the home of Barnaparichay.See this place →Basumati Sahitya MandirBasumati Sahitya MandirUpendranath Mukhopadhyay's house of low-priced collected works, publishing in Kolkata since 1881.See this place →Gurudas Chattopadhyay & SonsGurudas Chattopadhyay & SonsThe Cornwallis Street house that published Sarat Chandra's novels and the monthly Bharatvarsha.See this place →M. C. Sarkar & SonsM. C. Sarkar & SonsThe Kolkata house of Jadunath Sarkar's Mughal histories, Parashuram's stories and the Chalantika dictionary.See this place →Bangiya Sahitya ParishadBangiya Sahitya ParishadA Kolkata literary society that has edited and printed Bengal's oldest texts since 1893.See this place →U. Ray & SonsU. Ray & SonsUpendrakishore Ray Chowdhury's halftone press, publisher of Sandesh and of Sukumar Ray's Abol Tabol.See this place →Visva-Bharati Granthan VibhagVisva-Bharati Granthan VibhagThe publishing department Tagore set up at Visva-Bharati in 1923, home of his collected works.See this place →Mitra & GhoshMitra & GhoshA College Street house founded in 1934 that publishes Bibhutibhushan, Tarashankar and Ashapurna Devi.See this place →Kavita BhavanKavita BhavanBuddhadeva Bose's poetry imprint at 202 Rasbehari Avenue, first publisher of Banalata Sen.See this place →National Book AgencyNational Book AgencyA Kolkata publisher of the left, founded by Muzaffar Ahmad in 1939 and still trading off College Street.See this place →Signet PressSignet PressD.K. Gupta's press of 1943, known for Satyajit Ray's covers and modern Bengali poetry.See this place →Deb Sahitya KutirDeb Sahitya KutirA Kolkata press since 1860: Shuktara, A. T. Dev's dictionaries and the Puja annual.See this place →Sahitya SamsadSahitya SamsadThe house of the Samsad dictionaries, with its sister imprint Shishu Sahitya Samsad for children.See this place →Ananda PublishersAnanda PublishersThe ABP group's book house since 1957, publisher of Feluda, Professor Shonku and Sei Samay.See this place →Writers WorkshopWriters WorkshopP. Lal's Kolkata press for Indian poetry in English, its books bound in handloom sari cloth.See this place →Dey's PublishingDey's PublishingA College Street publisher since 1971 and one of the largest in Bengali, from classics to new writers.See this place →Karuna PrakashaniKaruna PrakashaniA College Street publisher of Mahasweta Devi and Atin Bandyopadhyay, with books on record since 1959.See this place →SubarnarekhaSubarnarekhaIndranath Majumdar's College Street shop for rare books, and a publisher of serious Bengali writing.See this place →Pustak BipaniPustak BipaniA College Street-district publisher that returns 19th-century Bengali prose, plays and local histories to print.See this place →Seagull BooksNaveen Kishore's Kolkata press, begun in 1982 for theatre and film, now publishing world literature in translation.See this place →ThemaA small Kolkata press edited by Samik Bandyopadhyay: theatre, cinema, music, history and Bengali writing in English.See this place →Patra BharatiPatra BharatiThe Kolkata house behind Kishore Bharati, publishing adventure, mystery and science fiction for young readers.See this place →PratikshanPratikshanA Kolkata press known for Jibanananda Das's manuscripts and for its books on the paintings of the Tagores.See this place →AnustupAnustupAnil Acharya's literary quarterly, founded in Kolkata in 1966, and the book imprint that grew from it.See this place →PapyrusA Kolkata publisher of Bengali and English criticism, history and memoir, active since the late 1970s.See this place →Saptarshi, Gangchil, Lalmati, Ababhash & PrativasSaptarshi, Gangchil, Lalmati, Ababhash & PrativasFive small Bengali presses: Partition and Dalit writing, poetry, essays and reissued comics.See this place →Bangla AcademyBangla AcademyBangladesh's national academy of the Bengali language: dictionaries, journals and the February book fair.See this place →Mowla BrothersMowla BrothersA Banglabazar house since the mid-1950s; first publisher of Elias's Khowabnama and of Shahidul Zahir's novels.See this place →Ahmed Publishing HouseAhmed Publishing HouseA Dhaka publisher since 1954, the house of Golam Mostafa's Bishwanabi and long-running religious and history titles.See this place →Sheba ProkashoniSheba ProkashoniQazi Anwar Hussain's paperback house in Dhaka, home of Masud Rana, Kuasha and Tin Goyenda.See this place →MuktadharaMuktadharaChittaranjan Saha's house, born in Kolkata in 1971; his books on sackcloth in 1972 began the Ekushey Boi Mela.See this place →University Press LimitedUniversity Press LimitedMohiuddin Ahmed's Dhaka publisher since 1975: scholarship, Liberation War history and Elias's Chilekothar Sepai.See this place →Sahitya PrakashSahitya PrakashA Dhaka house directed by Mofidul Hoque, known for memoirs and histories of the 1971 Liberation War.See this place →Bishwa Shahitya KendraBishwa Shahitya KendraAbdullah Abu Sayeed's reading movement in Dhaka, which also publishes Bengali and world classics.See this place →Agamee PrakashaniAgamee PrakashaniOsman Gani's Banglabazar house, known for Liberation War books and for Humayun Azad's novels.See this place →Pathak SamabeshPathak SamabeshA Shahbag bookshop since 1987 that also publishes collected works, translations and serious non-fiction.See this place →AnyaprokashAnyaprokashMazharul Islam's Dhaka house, best known as the publisher of Humayun Ahmed.See this place →Prothoma, Batighar & Bengal PublicationsProthoma, Batighar & Bengal PublicationsThree newer houses: Prothom Alo's Prothoma, the bookshop-publisher Batighar, and Bengal Foundation's press.See this place →