What human qualities do the narrator and the blind girl display? ('The Eyes have it')

‘The Eyes Have It’ is a short story by Ruskin Bond which was originally published in Contemporary Indian English stories. The narrator is a blind man who was travelling to Dehradun by train. His eyes were sensitive only to light and darkness. On his journey he met a girl with whom he started a conversation. Till the end of the story the narrator and the girl were both unaware of each other’s blindness. The author of this story has beautifully presented how people with eyesight often fail to see what blind people observe like the beauty and details of nature. The narrator had learned that people with sight were worse than those without sight. Even though they have good eyesight, they often fail to see things that they really should. People often fail to see what would give them endless joy and only look for their material benefit in today’s fast and furious world.