{"id":6050,"date":"2017-11-26T09:07:33","date_gmt":"2017-11-26T03:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=6050"},"modified":"2017-11-26T09:07:33","modified_gmt":"2017-11-26T03:37:33","slug":"6asian-nato-indira-gandhi-section-377-civilisation-constitution-day-and-26-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2017\/11\/26\/6asian-nato-indira-gandhi-section-377-civilisation-constitution-day-and-26-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Recommendations 26\/11 – Asian NATO, Indira Gandhi, Section 377, Civilisation, Constitution Day, and 26\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s readings include the Asian NATO, Indira Gandhi, Section 377, Civilisation, Constitution Day, and 26\/11<\/p>\n

Is it time for an Asian NATO<\/strong><\/a> – US, Japan, India, Australia – , whom will this block stand against? Should India participate or remain neutral ? The South China Morning Post has a detailed analysis on this. The Quad is surely going to ruffle the Chinese Dragon’s feathers<\/p>\n

P Chidambaram has a piece on Indira Gandhi,<\/strong><\/a> and how she put the poor on the agenda. I once met a woman whose family was released from bonded labour – she is our God, the woman said.<\/p>\n

India Spend has a detailed piece from Bihar, where the poorest women are transforming their lives<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The NYT has a detailed read on the winds of legislative changes<\/strong><\/a> that is going to impact the LGBT Community, in light of the privacy hearings.<\/p>\n

Vox interviews political theorist James Scott<\/strong><\/a> who thinks that ‘civilisation is overrated’<\/p>\n

The CNN looks at sexual harassment across the world<\/strong><\/a>, and it is rather obvious that the a large chunk men have not yet got the message that they can’t behave like boors.<\/p>\n

Today is the anniversary of two landmark events – the Day the Indian Constitution was adopted by the Constituent Assembly (1949). And, today was also the day that India was attacked by terrorists in Mumbai.<\/p>\n

\"Asian<\/p>\n

And, finally, a last minute inclusion – Peter Griffin has a piece in the Hindu<\/strong><\/a>, Carl Malamud who democratising access to the writings of those led the fight for Independence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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