{"id":6611,"date":"2014-02-21T13:37:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-21T13:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/works.raqsmediacollective.net\/?p=6611"},"modified":"2025-01-14T10:09:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T10:09:36","slug":"a-fortunate-spell-of-pleasant-amnesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/works.raqsmediacollective.net\/index.php\/2014\/02\/21\/a-fortunate-spell-of-pleasant-amnesia\/6611","title":{"rendered":"A Fortunate Spell of Pleasant Amnesia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:21px\"><em><strong>A Fortunate Spell of Pleasant Amnesia<br>Shown at: Clark House initiated \u2018Artists Against AFSPA\u2019 at National Gallery of Modern of Art, Mumbai (2011) | <a href=\"https:\/\/experimenter.in\/exhibitions\/67-waiting-for-the-wind-experimenter-hindustan-road\/overview\/\" data-type=\"URL\" 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