Treading the Beaten Path is a rereading of history through the review and critical analysis of fifty books. It is an in-depth analysis of major events that'shaped the history of contemporary India. Amongst authors are B R Ambedkar Rajdeep Sardesai Jai Ram Ramesh Ramachandra Guha Kuldip Nayyar Zoya Hassan and a host of others. Major epochs in history like the Mughal period Partition of India the Emergency Operation Blue Star etc. are included. The biographies of Sheik Abdulla Feroze Gandhi and cr