Similar to those who prefer convenience and watch TV on the refrigerator, or talk on the phone while in the shower, you can soon watch your favourite show via a contact lens.

Perhaps it requires a slightly abnormal sort of seeing to notice all this — geeky doctor's glasses, an expensive camera lens, a student who is willing to fail while people watch.

She knows that her Indian background gives her a lens that's more interesting than most through which to watch China's rise.