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The Siachen glacier in disputed Kashmir on the Pakistan-India border is reputedly the second coldest place on earth. Author Jaspreet Singh sets his new novel “Chef” in this political no-man's land as his characters try to come to terms with the ugly deeds they must do in an austere but beautiful place. He spoke with Bookbits, fittingly, in his hotel dining room.