It has been a year of transformation for Amrin Shaikh. Last year, when she came to Mumbai from Gujarat to join her sisters at the NGO Kranti, she was unable to interact with anyone. But now, the hearing and speech impaired 15-year-old has not only learnt sign language but has received a full scholarship for a summer camp in the US for deaf students.

Amrin is the daughter of a bar dancer and has three other sisters, all of whom reside at Kranti with her. The sisters lost their father a decade ago.