One vision: the surgeon, the millionaire and 500,000 eyes

She never dances with her husband, but when the bandages were peeled from her eyes after a double cataract operation to cure her blindness, Nepali farmer Santi Maya leapt up to clasp his hands. “I am so happy,” said Maya, who does not know how old she is, as the elderly couple swayed on the playground of a school converted into a temporary eye hospital. “I can see the world,” she cried. “Yesterday everything was closed. Today, I can see everywhere.” Now she will be able to do household chores again and collect grass for the cattle, she added. Maya…