Gods, Guns and Missionaries: The Making of the Modern Hindu Identity
**A Financial Times What to Read in 2025 pick**
'A brave and magnificent book, and a vital as elegant as it is witty, as erudite as it is wise, and as stylish as it is scholarly. Manu Pillai is fast be…
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