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Hinduism is something of a conglomerate: Manu S. Pillai

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 missionary ...
The New Indian Express

Hindus felt pressed to stress their Hinduness: Author Manu S Pillai

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 & Missionaries: The Making of The Modern ...
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From Manu S Pillai’s new book: How the Portuguese responded to the complexities of Hinduism

16th-century Portuguese illustration of the main deities of Hinduism. | Wikimedia Commons / Album di disegni, illustranti usi e costumi dei popoli d'Asia e d'Africa con brevi dichiarazioni in lingua ...
The Hindu

Religious competition and conflict impacted the way Hinduism and the Hindu identity are defined today, says the author-historian

Thickly researched, vividly narrated, and often witty, Gods, Guns and Missionaries is a compelling invitation to explore the historical origins of modern Hinduism. Driven by dispassionate curiosity, ...
The Financial Times

Gods, Guns and Missionaries — exploding the myth of a singular, ‘true’ Hinduism

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A book about Hinduism which begins with a maharaja’s cows sounds a little like a Rudyard Kipling tale, replete ...
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‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’: A thorough study of how Hindu identity was shaped by colonialism

Gods, Guns and Missionaries: The Making of the Modern Hindu Identity is Manu S Pillai’s fourth major offering. The title of the book is ambitious, but the scope has been delimited by Pillai himself ...