This volume presents an interdisciplinary framework of conceptual tools and firsthand information to engage witheducational studies in India. It addresses emerging discourses on educational policies, their operation in the everyday functioning of institutions and their actual practices in teaching and learning. The chapters in this volume forecast the intersectionality of region, gender, class, caste, and minorities in the contemporary educational scenario. They focus on both the internal workings of the education system and the broader socio-cultural field within which it is embedded. The volume offers a comparative perspective by conducting the research in the under-studied rural and urban locations of India. It explores the intrusion of the market that is rapidly restructuring the system of education. Based on extensive fieldwork, this book will interest researchers, scholars and teachers of education, sociology of education, urban education and politics of education. It will also be useful to research institutions involved in interdisciplinary work and policymakers, educationalists, social scientists and education professionals.