{"id":3547,"date":"2017-02-14T05:38:30","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T00:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=4061"},"modified":"2017-02-14T05:38:30","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T00:08:30","slug":"the-seen-and-the-unseen-5-this-is-all-because-of-rupal-ben","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/the-seen-and-the-unseen-5-this-is-all-because-of-rupal-ben\/","title":{"rendered":"The Seen and the Unseen 5: This Is All Because Of Rupal Ben"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>This is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2017\/2\/14\/episode-5-this-is-all-because-of-rupal-ben\" title=\"Episode Five: This Is All Because Of Rupal Ben\">the fifth episode<\/a> of my weekly podcast, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seenunseen.in\/\" title=\"The Seen and the Unseen -- Amit Varma's Weekly Podcast\">The Seen and the Unseen<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/5079598\/height\/90\/width\/400\/theme\/custom\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/autoplay\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/no-cache\/true\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/p>\n<p><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A few years ago, a photo studio in Ahmedabad offered its customers free passport photographs. 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