Gods, Guns & Missionaries: The Making Of The Modern Hindu Identity

This is exactly what a good book should do — entertain you, challenge you, and leave you feeling like the time was genuinely well spent. Manu S Pillai delivers on all three counts. I've already recommended it to everyone in my office. A wonderful purchase.

Genuinely one of the best books I've read this year. Manu S Pillai writes with clarity and intelligence and the ideas in Gods, Guns & Missionaries: the Making of the Modern Hindu Identity are both original and immediately relevant. I came away from it thinking differently about something I thought I understood. That doesn't happen often. Highly recommended.

Few books manage to be both intellectually stimulating and genuinely enjoyable to read. Gods, Guns & Missionaries: the Making of the Modern Hindu Identity is one of them. Manu S Pillai's command of the subject is evident throughout and the presentation is superb. Highly, highly recommended.

I picked this up on a recommendation and I'm so glad I did. Manu S Pillai has produced something special here — enjoyable to read while also being genuinely substantive. The kind of book you want to press into people's hands. Five stars without any hesitation at all.

Outstanding in every respect. Gods, Guns & Missionaries: the Making of the Modern Hindu Identity shows Manu S Pillai at their very best — clear thinking, elegant writing, ideas that linger. I don't give five stars lightly but this absolutely earned them.