India, Oct. 13 -- The rains this year in Uttarakhand came with a fury that felt both familiar and new. Rivers swelled within hours. Roads cracked and vanished. Hillsides gave way as terrified families ran uphill, clutching their children. For outsiders, such scenes seem sudden and shocking. But for those who call the Himalayan valleys home, this fear returns every monsoon. Every season brings the dread of cloudbursts and collapsing slopes. The Himalayas, mighty as they are, remain fragile - a landscape where beauty and danger coexist. Here, rivers are gods, floods are remembered in songs, and disasters are often told as divine retribution. To live in these mountains is to live in reverence - balanced between awe and fear. For centuries, the...