{"slides": [{"type": "image", "show_title": "True", "album_title": "Catching stingrays in Lakshadweep", "src": "/media/original_images/01-DSCF6089-AR.jpg", "src_resized": "/media/images/01-DSCF6089-AR.height-876.jpg", "description": "<div class=\"rich-text\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\">Ukkash is an experienced and adventurous fisherman in the Agatti region\u00a0</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><br/></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"/pa/\"><img alt=\"Go to homepage\" class=\"richtext-image left\" height=\"60\" src=\"/media/images/pari-logo-photo-album-1.width-500.png\" width=\"90\"></a><br/></p></div>", "album_description": "<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In Tinnakara, a coral atoll near Agatti island in Lakshadweep,\u00a0Ukkash and his family hunt for fish in the lagoon and open sea. 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One day in early August, they returned with three stingrays and went to work on them at once\u00a0</p>", "url": "/pa/albums/catching-stingrays-in-lakshadweep/", "slide_photographer": ["Abdul Rasheed"], "image_captured_date": "03 Sep,2021", "slide_location": "Agatti, Lakshadweep", "track_id": "", "embed": "", "carousel_html": "<img src=\"/media/images/02-DSCF6188-AR.height-876.jpg\" />"}, {"type": "image", "show_title": "True", "album_title": "Catching stingrays in Lakshadweep", "src": "/media/original_images/03-DSCF6091-AR.jpg", "src_resized": "/media/images/03-DSCF6091-AR.height-876.jpg", "description": "<div class=\"rich-text\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\">Called \u201c<i>thirandi</i>\u201d in Malayalam, stingrays are cartilaginous fish, closely related to sharks<br/></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><br/></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"/pa/\"><img alt=\"Go to homepage\" class=\"richtext-image left\" height=\"60\" src=\"/media/images/pari-logo-photo-album-1.width-500.png\" width=\"90\"></a><br/></p></div>", "album_description": "<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In Tinnakara, a coral atoll near Agatti island in Lakshadweep,\u00a0Ukkash and his family hunt for fish in the lagoon and open sea. One day in early August, they returned with three stingrays and went to work on them at once\u00a0</p>", "url": "/pa/albums/catching-stingrays-in-lakshadweep/", "slide_photographer": ["Abdul Rasheed"], "image_captured_date": "03 Sep,2021", "slide_location": "Agatti, Lakshadweep", "track_id": "", "embed": "", "carousel_html": "<img src=\"/media/images/03-DSCF6091-AR.height-876.jpg\" />"}, {"type": "image", "show_title": "True", "album_title": "Catching stingrays in Lakshadweep", "src": "/media/original_images/04-DSCF6098-AR.jpg", "src_resized": "/media/images/04-DSCF6098-AR.height-876.jpg", "description": "<div class=\"rich-text\"><p>They live in the bottom of the sea and are caught for their meat\u00a0<br/></p><p><br/></p><p><a href=\"/pa/\"><img alt=\"Go to homepage\" class=\"richtext-image left\" height=\"60\" src=\"/media/images/pari-logo-photo-album-1.width-500.png\" width=\"90\"></a><br/></p></div>", "album_description": "<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In Tinnakara, a coral atoll near Agatti island in Lakshadweep,\u00a0Ukkash and his family hunt for fish in the lagoon and open sea. 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