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The Indian Coffee House is more than a café-it is a cultural institution and one of the world's most remarkable worker-owned restaurant movements. Founded in 1936, these coffee houses became meeting places for students, writers, journalists, and intellectuals across India. But when the cafés were shut down in the 1950s, hundreds of workers lost their jobs. Instead of giving up, the waiters and staff formed cooperative societies and reopened the cafés themselves. In this engaging narrative, Swati Lashre tells the extraordinary story of how ordinary workers transformed a struggling café network into a powerful symbol of cooperation, conversation, and cultural life. From the famous College Street Coffee House in Kolkata to cooperative cafés across India, this book explores the history, culture, food, architecture, and social impact of the legendary Indian Coffee House. More than just the story of coffee, this is the inspiring story of workers, ideas, and a café revolution that continues today.

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