{"id":39649,"date":"2012-04-24T11:18:18","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T11:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=39649"},"modified":"2012-04-24T11:18:19","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T11:18:19","slug":"in-conversation-with-dr-cheran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/in-conversation-with-dr-cheran\/","title":{"rendered":"In Conversation With Dr.Cheran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/in-conversation-with-dr-cheran\/capture-charan-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-39653\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-39653\" title=\"Capture charan\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Capture-charan1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Capture-charan1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Capture-charan1-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Cheran is a Tamil poet and academician born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. 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