There is currently a disconnect between the universal and general children's rights as
presented in the United Nation's Convention on the Rights of the Child and the lived experiences
of children in various countries. This thesis uses the authors' struggle to exist between two
cultures as a lens through which the disconnect is explored. The author returns to her village in
Punjab and looks at spaces created for children through institutions such as the education system
and spaces that children create on their own. Luhmann's social systems theory is used to critique
anti-humanist institutions and systems. As an alternative to Luhmann, H~dt and Negri's concept
of the multitude is explored to provide insight into the political spaces that children create for
themselves
