Timepass fills this gap by offering a captivating ethnography of the student politics and youth activism that lower middle class young men in india have undertaken in response to pervasive underemployment it highlights the importance of waiting as a social experience and basis for political mobilization the micro politics of class power in north india and the socio economic strategies of lower middle classes. Request pdf timepass youth class and the politics of waiting in india social and economic changes around the globe have propelled increasing numbers of people into situations of chronic . Veronique benei craig jeffrey timepass youth class and the politics of waiting in india south asia multidisciplinary academic journal online book reviews online since 19 november 2013 connection on 21 january 2021. In this journal. Timepass youth class and the politics of waiting in india social and economic changes around the globe have propelled increasing numbers of people into situations of chronic waiting where promised access to political freedoms social goods or economic resources is delayed often indefinitely