a piece discussions of the following three volumes, ‘Our Land Our Life: A Curriculum for Children of Rural Communities in India’ by Nyla Coelho, ‘Selected Essays of Dr. S. S. Kalbag on Education, Technology & Rural Development’ (edited by Sangram Gaikwad), and ‘Position Paper of the National Focus Group on Work and Education’ (produced by a group chaired by Prof. Anil Sadgopal). All the three help us interrogate the relationship between work and education in a productive fashion.