In a country which has the unenviable record of having the largest number of blind people in the world, Cataract has often been cited as being most responsible for this life-crippling ocular condition. With estimates attributing 50 to 80 percent of the bilateral blindness cases in India to cataract, this must be treated as a matter of utmost and even exigent concern.

Wearing glasses is not exactly everyone’s choice. Out of sheer self-consciousness for one’s looks or even discomfort, perhaps more people would like to avoid wearing them than those who would willingly wear the so-called ‘contraption’. In other words, for many, wearing glasses is not cool.