{"id":3425,"date":"2012-04-11T06:59:08","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T06:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apovcalamur.wordpress.com\/?p=3425"},"modified":"2012-04-11T06:59:08","modified_gmt":"2012-04-11T06:59:08","slug":"the-calamurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2012\/04\/11\/the-calamurs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Calamurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s19.postimage.org\/g6o6uublv\/the_family.jpg?resize=566%2C768\" alt=\"\" width=\"566\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My grandfather (dada)<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hindu.com\/thehindu\/mp\/2003\/04\/07\/stories\/2003040701320200.htm\"> <strong>Calamur Mahadevan <\/strong><\/a>(1901 &#8211; 1962) &#8211; geologist, scientist, nationalist, feminist, father, husband, friend, teacher. 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