
In retracting from the popular view that India's modern educational policy was shaped almost entirely by Macaulay, this incisive work reveals the complex ideological and institutional rubric of the colonial educational system. It examines its wide-ranging and lasting impact...

An outstanding contribution to educational theory, this book offers a nuanced discussion of caste in educational opportunity while also traversing the complex terrain of gender and girls' education in India and South Asia. The author provides an insight into the educational...