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WEST BENGAL, INDIA 23 OCTOBER 2013: Anita Singh, 5, has her new eyes unveiled at Vivekananda mission hospital by surgeon Dr Asim Sil. It is Anita's first experience with light and shapes. It will take around 6 months for Anita's brain and eyes to co-ordinate sufficiently to experience sight similar to a normal person but Dr Sil declared the operation on both sisters a success. Both Anita and her older sister Sonia were born into poverty with congenital cataract blindness. The surgery to cure this is simple and takes 15 minutes but because of the level of poverty in this family they have been unable to pursue the necessary operation. India has more than 12 million blind, the majority of which suffer from cataract blindness. Poverty is the main reason these millions of people are trapped in this condition. Donor funding has recently enabled both sisters to finally go for this operation. This essay is an attempt to tell the story of their lives before surgery, during the operation to regain their sight and after as they begin to discover light.