@nana_learns
💭 Why I'm learning · 3h
My granddaughter was born Deaf. I'm 67 and my fingers are slow, but I want to be one of the first people to tell her “I love you” in her own language. 🤟
5 kind minutes a day
Learn sign language the playful way — and talk with Deaf friends, colleagues and the people who serve you, as equals.
Free · No account needed to try · Kid-friendly
Every hand can say hello.
Deaf professionals run kitchens, counters and cafés across hotels, restaurants and chains. Say thank you in their language.
Mirchi & Mime
Mumbai, since 2015
Restaurants and a salon run with 110+ speech- and hearing-impaired team members. Guests order using signs from the menu.
KFC India
20+ restaurants
170+ speech- and hearing-impaired team members, with restaurants run largely by them.
Starbucks Signing Stores
Kuala Lumpur 2016 · Washington, DC 2018
In DC, 19 of the 25 partners at opening were Deaf; everyone signs ASL.
Echoes cafés
Delhi NCR & Bengaluru
Cafés run by Deaf and hard-of-hearing staff — order by note, by gesture, or by sign.
Figures as publicly reported at the linked sources; they may have changed since. Mentions are informational, not endorsements.
Equal
Same work, same pride, same respect.
Valued
Skills seen — not a disability first.
Respected
Spoken to in their own language.
Included
Part of every conversation, not around it.
Learners share the signs that made someone feel seen — and why they started.
@nana_learns
💭 Why I'm learning · 3h
My granddaughter was born Deaf. I'm 67 and my fingers are slow, but I want to be one of the first people to tell her “I love you” in her own language. 🤟
@chai_counter
✨ A KindHands moment · 7h
Our café hired Ravi last month. Today I used the translator to tell him “great job in the rush hour”. He signed thank you and grinned for the rest of the shift. So did I.
@wander_nisha
✨ A KindHands moment · 20h
Checked into a hotel and the front-desk lady was Deaf. I fingerspelled my name, slowly and badly. She laughed, fixed my N, and spelled hers back. Warmest welcome I've ever had.
Spaced repetition
Signs return right before you'd forget them.
Adapts to you
Easier or harder, live, from how you answer.
Bite-size
3–15 minute sessions. Two to four new signs at a time.
Sign it back
Practise on camera — it checks your handshape, on your device.
“Deaf people can do anything except hear.”
“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
Our vision
No one left outside a conversation.
Our purpose
Make signing as everyday as saying “thank you”.
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