A high ranking administrator who has quit his job to teach children of rural India faces huge obstacles from a society entrenched in dogma, superstition, feudalism and corruption. 'Maassab' is a unique film which deals with the untouched topic of education in rural primary schools in India . What keeps a society secure, sensitive and prosperous can be called real education. The film is an attempt to bring in focus the obstacles and resistance which education and reforms face even today in rural India.