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Mana Valley, Uttarakhand: The harsh early morning sunlight had left a prominent sunburn on his face. It was within the contour of his cheeks that a patch of deep red dis-colouration was distinctly visible, indicating the maximum exposure. Fortunately, the goggles saved his eyes from falling to the same fate. The burns often get aggravated when the cool breeze from the snow-capped mountains blow across his face, sometimes peeling off the thin outer layer of the skin. But for the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP) jawan deployed at high altitudes all-round the year, those were regular occurrences, almost inconsequential, so much so that he even failed to register those changes until someone pointed them out.
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