She Cannot See, Hear, or Speak — Yet Lucknow's Sarah Moin Just Topped Her Class 12 Exams With 98.75%

There are mornings in the Hussain Ganj neighbourhood of Lucknow when 19-year-old Sarah Moin wakes up to a world without sound, without sight, and without the luxury of asking someone a simple question. And yet, when the ISC Class 12 results came out this May, her name sat at the top of her school’s list — 98.75%, with perfect hundreds in Geography and Mass Media & Communication, and scores of 98, 97, and 96 in English, History, and Psychology, respectively. For a young woman who has lived with both visual and hearing impairment since childhood — and who also battles sarcoidosis, a rare infl...