{"id":4805,"date":"2017-09-01T23:43:19","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T23:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/southasia\/?p=4805"},"modified":"2017-09-01T23:45:52","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T23:45:52","slug":"book-takes-sides-not-just-descriptive-provocative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/southasia\/news\/book-takes-sides-not-just-descriptive-provocative\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMy book takes sides. 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