Glaciers move because the sheer weight of that endless ice makes it flow like a slow, cold river, and yes, the centre moves faster, they say, because it’s free from the friction of the rocky edges. But standing on the Gangotri, I saw the truth—the centre isn’t faster, it’s just more *visible*. The edges are held back by the mountains themselves, like my family’s quiet expectations that both anchor and confine me. The glacier’s heart seems swift only because its slow, grinding pain at the sides goes unseen.
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