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Anand Dhawaj Negi, a retired bureaucrat spent over two decades creating a forest in the high altitude cold desert of Thang Karma, Himachal Pradesh.

“The temperatures drop to as low as minus 50 degrees Celsius during the winter, while in the peak of summer it goes to about 12 degrees. Working in these conditions can be a herculean task, adding to which is the fact that glaciers shift constantly as the snow melts.”

Braving temperatures of -32 °C, heavy snowfall and a 30 kg load of film equipment at an altitude of 16,000 feet, he has told stories that the world needs to know

It is impossible for regular people to fathom the kind of life an Indian soldier leads on Siachen, the highest battlefield on earth. So, when many of these retired soldiers come back to civilian life, and work as security guards and owners of neighbourhood Mother Dairy booths, it falls on every citizen of this country to give them the utmost respect and dignity.