The volume: * Bridges the gap between policy prescriptions and practices in India * Focuses on exploring the cultural possibilities of policymaking * Unpacks the institutional, political and policy-led compulsions and incompatibilities which most often remains unreported * Includes articles from a variety of professionals ranging from scholars, professors, bureaucrats, and NGO activists who have 'direct' experience of studying/practicing development at a variety of sectors in India and abroad. * Will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of public policy, development studies, South Asian politics and economics.