One of the things that Neeti dreaded were spectacles. Ironically, she preferred Pa with his glasses on, he looked very handsome that way. Mummy was always pretty, glasses or not. She had seen Mummy and Pa with spectacles since the time she had learnt to recognize them. But she prayed to never have to wear one herself. At least not till the time she was in school. Children with spectacles was not a very common sight in the 90s. But if a child had to put on one, it was a big deal. More for the neighbours, relatives and those around than for the child and her parents! “That’s why I have not got a cable connection at home. I don’t want my kids to pop their eyes out” “She must be a very studious child that her eyes are strained so much already” “Her mother did not feed her enough carrots and coriander it seems. Otherwise, who gets vision issues at such a young age!” The analysis was simply endless. Mummy and Pa took Neeti and Drishti for...