Childhood is the first stage of life. A family is a place where the child is born. So parents and other family members are responsible for shaping a child’s future and also in making the childhood of a child memorable. Families are considered incomplete without a child, who is loved and nurtured in a family. In India, this love for a child is different in families who do not have money to nurture their children. These families force their children to work so that they can bring in money to sustain themselves. These children are nothing but an alternate source of income. This sad reality in India has not only made children a commodity that is bought and sold, but also contributed to the lost innocence of children. It all seems like exchanging goods for money when these tender hearts and bodies in India are valued at a few thousand Rupees which is not worth their precious innocent lives. Low-income families in India send away young children as bonded labourers (bonded slaves). The present book uses an interdisciplinary approach to look at some of the questions about childhoods in the Indian context. This book will be of interest to all.