In my over five decades of living in Panaji, on May 13 for the first time I was witness to a resplendent arc of rainbow in the western sky from 6.46 am to 6.56 am when I was on my morning walk, a phenomenon which is extremely rare since rainbows usually occur in the evenings on the eastern sky and that too during the month of October. The rainbow which displays the seven main colours, violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red is normally associated with peace, love and understanding . Yesterday was also the feast of Our Lady of Fatima, which is observed with great solemnity and spirituality not only across the Catholic world but by many across all faiths. The appearance of a rainbow is normally followed by a period of understanding and it should be our endeavour to accept this message to make this world a better place to live in. Also, across the entire world, people are looking for a sign of better things to come and hopefully this rare occurrence will bring in a period of peace, love and understanding.
