The emergence of a visible commodified leisure culture in the form of cafes targeted at and appropriated by young adults from the middle classes is a striking phenomenon in the transformation of urban life in india since economic liberalization in 1991 cafe culture in pune is an ethnographic snapshot taken in 2008 tracing the effects of globalization from the perspective of young . Cafe culture in pune is an ethnographic snapshot taken in 2008 tracing the effects of globalization from the perspective of young middle class urbanites in post liberalization pune india. Robinsons book cafe culture in pune being young and middle class in urban india marks an important contribution to the literature on youth in indiathe book is neatly divided into six chapters which separately deal with various aspects of the lives of young middle class puneites. Cafe culture in pune book read reviews from worlds largest community for readers the emergence of a visible commodified leisure culture in the form of. Cafe culture in pune is an ethnographic snapshot taken in 2008 tracing the effects of globalization from the perspective of young middle class urbanites in post liberalization pune india documenting with meticulous detail their lifeworlds from clothing to hanging out friendship dating education and marriage this work captures new forms of socializing consumption self improvement