What You Don't Hear, You Sign

Life is full of challenges, but some are present from the very first breath. This is the remarkable true story of Rupmani Chhetri - a girl who refused to let her deafness define her limitations and instead transformed it into her greatest strength.

Page by page, her journey unfolds with raw emotion - stirring feelings of passion, love, empathy, and gratitude in equal measure. Each chapter carries a new lesson, a new perspective, and a quiet but powerful reminder that destiny is never truly fixed.

This is not just a story of overcoming adversity - it is the inspiring account of one woman who turned her personal silence into a resounding vision for the entire deaf community.

Rupmani Chhetri is a Deaf leader, disability rights advocate, and social entrepreneur from India. She is the Co-Founder and Director of SignAble Communications, which developed India's Video Relay Service (VRS), empowering over 35,000 Deaf users to communicate independently with the hearing world.Born in Darjeeling, Rupmani discovered the Deaf community at 22 and found her true identity through Indian Sign Language. Despite facing communication barriers, discrimination, and financial hardship, she built a remarkable career advocating for accessibility and inclusion across India and internationally, including serving as a United Nations Volunteer in Ukraine.Fluent in six sign languages and widely travelled, she has collaborated with leading disability rights organisations globally. Through this book, Rupmani hopes to inspire readers to embrace their identity, break barriers, and believe that nothing is impossible.