The Ephemeral Rainbow

Meera became famous overnight for a viral video. But fame online is ephemeral; within a week the world had moved on.

Her grandmother, a sagacious woman, told her: "A rainbow is beautiful because it is brief. Build something that stays." Meera fought her apathy and began studying again.

Years later, a resilient Meera ran a library for village children. Its lamp seemed to burn in perpetual light, long after the rainbow was forgotten.