phenomenon in the transformation of urban life in India since the economic liberalization in 1991. Café 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 ...
