{"id":84,"date":"2014-10-09T12:17:57","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T12:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gavick.com\/demo\/wordpress\/writer\/?page_id=84"},"modified":"2021-04-15T13:01:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T07:31:39","slug":"frontpage-overlay","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/sumankumar.com\/ranga\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranga Half-Pants &#8211; A Novel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links is-layout-flex wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-twitter  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sumank\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M22.23,5.924c-0.736,0.326-1.527,0.547-2.357,0.646c0.847-0.508,1.498-1.312,1.804-2.27 c-0.793,0.47-1.671,0.812-2.606,0.996C18.324,4.498,17.257,4,16.077,4c-2.266,0-4.103,1.837-4.103,4.103 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