Gods, Guns and Missionaries | Manu S. Pillai in conversation with Anirudh Kanisetti

In Gods, Guns and Missionaries, Manu S. Pillai explores the complex encounters between European missionaries and Hindu traditions in colonial India. Through the lives of poets, maharajahs, and philosophers, he reveals how these interactions shaped cultural and religious identities, offering a nuanced perspective on a transformative period in Indian history. In conversation with Anirudh Kanisetti. Manu S. Pillai is a historian and the author of five books, most recently Gods, Guns & Missionaries: The Making of the Modern Hindu Identity. A winner of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar for his first book, The Ivory Throne, he is also a columnist at Mint Lounge. Manu holds a PhD in history from King's College London. Anirudh Kanisetti is a public historian specialising in ancient and early medieval India. Author of Lords of the Deccan, he hosts Echoes of India and YUDDHA: The Indian Military History Podcast. A Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar winner, he has also received the Ramnath Goenka Sahitya Samman and Tata Literature Live’s Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award. Follow us on – Website - https://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/ Facebook -   / jaipurlitfest   YouTube -    / jprlitfest   Instagram -   / jaipurlitfest   Twitter -   / jaipurlitfest   #missionaries #hindutraditions #jaipurliteraturefestival2025