{"id":131,"date":"2021-11-10T10:40:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T10:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hardikvaidya.com\/?page_id=131"},"modified":"2026-06-29T14:34:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:34:25","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hardikvaidya.com\/?page_id=131","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"131\" class=\"elementor elementor-131\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d36e60 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7d36e60\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21dbe23 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"21dbe23\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98db4d8 aux-appear-watch-animation aux-fade-in-right elementor-widget elementor-widget-aux_modern_heading\" data-id=\"98db4d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"aux_modern_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"aux-widget-modern-heading\">\n            <div class=\"aux-widget-inner\"><h2 class=\"aux-modern-heading-primary\">About Me<span>.<\/span><\/h2><div class=\"aux-modern-heading-description\"><p>On paper my life looked great. 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