{"id":103,"date":"2019-12-07T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karunyakeshav.com\/fireburnsblue\/?p=103"},"modified":"2020-06-23T19:38:46","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T19:38:46","slug":"crossword-book-awards-in-great-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karunyakeshav.com\/fireburnsblue\/2019\/12\/07\/crossword-book-awards-in-great-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Crossword book awards: In great company!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Update: We didn&#8217;t win. Shanta Gokhale got the award. But I&#8217;m still kicked about just being nominated alongside Guha, Gandhi and Rajan. 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