{"id":958,"date":"2007-02-06T12:56:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-06T07:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/archives\/958"},"modified":"2007-02-06T12:56:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-06T07:26:00","slug":"a-little-bit-of-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/a-little-bit-of-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"A little bit of madness"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>I wanted to know what it is to live without money in the city. So, I took bath at Central station, survived on prasadam at Kapaleshwarar temple at Mylapore and slept the night on the pavement of Whites Road at Royapettah. Wanted to do this for two days but gave up after the first day.[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/2007\/02\/5-things-that-you-did-not-know-about-me.html\">&#8230;more<\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Wow. 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