CCTV cameras installed in the College Street Coffee House

Coffee House in College Street in Kolkata is considered by the intellectuals of the city to be the meeting ground of the luminaries of arts, culture and politics. It is in the precincts of this august house that film legends met to discuss their work. And, writers and poets find a ready audience to criticize their work. Now, sixteen CCTV cameras have been installed in the Coffee House for what is described as security reasons.
This has been reported in thehindu.com dated 26 December 2016.

The Coffee House, founded in 1876, is nearly 140 years old and it used to be called Albert Hall. It was the meeting place for collegians of the city, including the lovelorn boys and girls. Education was incomplete unless one had acquired the Coffee House experience.
The usual patrons are college students, retired professors, couples and activists — mostly from city's middle income group. They engage in routine adda or informal chitchat. Hence, the move to install CCTV cameras has irked Kolkata’s civil society. They have staged a protest demonstration in front of Coffee House. They have described the installation of the cameras as an “infringement of individual liberty.”


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