This chapter draws on ethnographic field observations and interactions with students and teachers in a number of residential schools run by a non-governmental civil society organisation, Saathi, that serves underserved students from marginalised communities. Based on empirical data from the field, this chapter argues that despite the much-acclaimed, innovative social science teaching methods, the social practices of the larger society, where the schools are embedded, is reflected in peer-group formations, classroom participation, and interactions in these schools. Therefore, this chapter concludes that a lot of work still needs to be done in India in order to establish a more equal and democratic society. Just as the Constitution of India had released an equalizing legal force to usher in change 70 years ago, the work of these civil society organization-run schools is also very important to bring more change within the indigenous Indian society in the future.