He went on to work for a French polishing firm, where Jean Pollock has memories of him as a handsome young man.

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The villages have welcomed back migrant workers from neighbouring states, where people no longer find work twisting steel in Mumbai or polishing diamonds in Surat.

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Depending on how bad the pitting is, polishing will probably improve how the windshield looks, but uneven work can distort the glass and hamper your vision as you look through it.

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