Friday, October 12, 2012

Catch a rainbow

The last perfect rainbow I saw was many many years ago, maybe 1999 or  2000, at the wedding of a friend's sister. It was the monsoon, and it was very cold. In the distance I saw the most perfect rainbow ever, and though it was quite far away I can still see in my mind's eye how it arched over the mountains, suspending itself in the crispy clear evening air, as if celebrating the joyous occasion with us.

It has been raining very sincerely the last few days, with news of landslides and road blockages filling the airwaves and television channels. But today the rain let down in the afternoon and around 4 the rain had slowed to a drizzle, and the sky had turned blue, accompanied by a bright dazzling sunlight that blinds you. I immediately thought, wow there must be a rainbow somewhere, and peeked out the window, stretching my gaze to the horizon, as far as my myopic eyes would allow, looking for a rainbow. Alas, I did not find one, much to my disappointment. However, it turns out that a few rainbows had appeared in some parts of town, and below is one such rainbow photographed by fellow blogger Joseph. Beautiful, isn't it?



And then there is the song - Catch the Rainbow by Rainbow.


14 comments:

  1. Hey Aduh, Catch the Rainbow hi ka kurpui ve nasa thei lutuk asin! A nalh eee.

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  2. I was so busy celebrating the emoticons on Fb last evening I completely missed this rainbow.

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  3. heihi ka hmuuuu. I saw the whole thing end to end, probably the clearest rainbow Ive seen. Probably the first time I wanted to own a good camera, all I had was my phone cam :(
    Rainbows just makes one feel all positive, don't they?

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  4. Joseph: Hla nalh tak a ni asin.

    Calliopia: Emoticons will always be there, but rainbows come and rainbows go.

    LR: Mawi tak a ni.

    Kuku: Wish I could see it too, been ages since I laid mine eyes on such beauty.

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  5. Yup, I once happened to witness it too, and consider myself really lucky. It really is beautiful to see it in person.

    Ahems, check this out :) Double Rainbow at Mizoram. Ka lak ve ngats :)

    You'll find some more pics here :)

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    1. Watched the video clip, and it is beautiful! Rainbows signify the end of bad things and a new beginning since the days of Noah, and I guess that's why everyone loves them.

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  7. Mawi hle mai.Hla pawh khi a mawi. Ritchie Blackmore hi guitarist fak hlawh em em si lovah chuan Deep Purple ka lo tuipui vang nge ni thiam ka tih ber pawl ani. Te han ti chiam i la. Chhimbal hi a mawi em em a, mahse Ni bul vel a awm hi chu 'sar thi an awm tih na ' kan ti thin a, tun thleng hian ka la tih deuh ril ru nia maw le.

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    1. Nia, ni bula chhimb"sar thi an awm" tih kha an sawi ka hre tawh thin tlat. Mahse hmanlai puithuna lek a ni lo maw le ka tia?

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  8. Yes, they are beautiful indeed!

    Back to my Primary school days, whenever we saw two rainbows at a time, we called them 'Chhimbal nupa' The inner-brighter one as Chhimbal-nu, the outer-faded one as Chhimbal-pa.. :-)

    Hmuh zen zen tur a awm loh avangin, kan thiante kan hrilh chul thin. Naupan lai min tingai mang e.. :-)

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    1. Chhimbal nu leh pa hmuh a va khat ve, chhimbal pangngai pawh hmuh khat mahnak alaiin.

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