Manu S. Pillai’s new book, Gods, Guns and Missionaries, traces “The Making of Modern Hindu Identity" (as its subtitle says) through history, especially the trauma of colonial invasion and ...

As Manu says, Hinduism defies easy definition. “Some things can only be understood as composites, as dynamic, layered processes, often with contradictions,” he explains.

Hinduism is often imagined as a monolith of arcane and ancient rituals, ... Gods, Guns and Missionaries: The Making of the Modern Hindu Identity by Manu S Pillai Allen Lane £35, 624 pages.

KOCHI: Amid an ideological battle, author Manu S Pillai steps back centuries to trace the formation of the modern Hindu identity in his new book Gods, Guns &amp ...