Ruma Banerjee (name changed for privacy) didn’t think much of it at first. A little haziness while reading the newspaper. The occasional dull ache behind her right eye after a long day at work. She was 52; she told herself that it might be her tired eyes. She was wrong, and her story, though d...

Imagine losing your vision so subtly that you don’t even notice it happening, until one day, you realise that your peripheral vision has completely vanished. This is the frightening reality of glaucoma, often called ‘the silent thief of sight.’ The silver lining? If you live in Kol...