{"id":9,"date":"2018-03-10T09:36:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T09:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madhumenon.com\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2024-03-08T13:38:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T08:08:00","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.madhumenon.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light is-style-oaknut-space-between\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;min-height:100vh\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-background-color has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-layout-5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-layout-2 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized has-custom-border is-style-rounded wp-duotone-unset-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.madhumenon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_2073.jpg?resize=1280%2C1280&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18\" style=\"border-width:2px;border-radius:100px;width:132px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.madhumenon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_2073.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.madhumenon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_2073.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.madhumenon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_2073.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.madhumenon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_2073.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.madhumenon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_2073.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h1 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-site-title\">Madhu Menon<\/h1>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Photographer. 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