Gods, Guns and Missionaries - The Making of the Modern Hindu Identity

MANU S. PILLAI is the author of the critically acclaimed The Ivory Throne (2015), Rebel Sultans (2018), The Courtesan, the Mahatma and the Italian Brahmin (2019) and False Allies (2021). Former chief of staff to Shashi Tharoor MP, Pillai is also a winner of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar (2017) and holds a PhD in history from King''s College London. His essays and writings on history have appeared in various national and international publications. This is his fifth book.>

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MANU S. PILLAI is the author of the critically acclaimed The Ivory Throne (2015), Rebel Sultans (2018), The Courtesan, the Mahatma and the Italian Brahmin (2019) and False Allies (2021). Former chief of staff to Shashi Tharoor MP, Pillai is also a winner of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar (2017) and holds a PhD in history from King’s College London. His essays and writings on history have appeared in various national and international publications. This is his fifth book.

Product details

• Authors: Manu S Pillai
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 06.08.2026
• EAN: 9780141993492
• ISBN: 978-0-14-199349-2
• No. of pages: 544
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; British Empire, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, RELIGION / Hinduism / History, Social groups, Colonialism & imperialism, History of Religion, Hinduism, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, Indian sub-continent, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), HISTORY / Asia / South / General, Social groups, communities and identities