{"id":1365,"date":"2011-01-20T13:15:33","date_gmt":"2011-01-20T07:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/archives\/1365"},"modified":"2011-01-21T10:59:04","modified_gmt":"2011-01-21T05:29:04","slug":"the-end-of-suren-as-we-know-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/the-end-of-suren-as-we-know-him\/","title":{"rendered":"The end of Suren as we know him?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>For all you guys that know Suren, here\u2019s some breaking news. The rum-loving, party animal who terrorized unsuspecting victims with his ruthless one-liners has been branded. Yeah, that\u2019s what samarshanam means. They brand you with red-hot Sanku and Chakra emblems. What this entails is that Suren is not supposed to drink, smoke, and eat (even veg food) from outside. How long can he hold on? Is this the end of the monster Suren? Time will tell.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d like end this with Suren\u2019s popular quote: \u201cSappunaa Saaklaitu. Nakkuna Nakslaitu.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For all you guys that know Suren, here\u2019s some breaking news. The rum-loving, party animal who terrorized unsuspecting victims with his ruthless one-liners has been branded. Yeah, that\u2019s what samarshanam means. They brand you with red-hot Sanku and Chakra emblems. What this entails is that Suren is not supposed to drink, smoke, and eat (even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114,15,57],"tags":[217,209,160],"class_list":["post-1365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chennai","category-culture","category-stories","tag-chennai","tag-stories","tag-suren"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"jetpack-portfolio-admin-thumb":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Suman Kumar","author_link":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/author\/suman-kumar\/"},"uagb_comment_info":2,"uagb_excerpt":"For all you guys that know Suren, here\u2019s some breaking news. 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