Ajay Kansal

Ajay Kansal is an Indian author writing at the intersection of science, history and religion. His book The Evolution of Gods examines how human ideas of divinity have developed and changed through history, treating the sacred as a phenomenon open to rational inquiry.

Kansal writes for the general reader, blending ancient texts, archaeology and modern cognitive science to trace the making of gods. His work belongs to a popular genre of Indian writing that asks questions about faith with a cool, evidence-driven eye.