There is a video going around the internet right now that is almost impossible to watch without smiling.
In it, two young women — Hasna and Hasni, identical twin sisters from Bandung, Indonesia — arrive at their favourite food stall to share some news. The owner, Mama Puja, is behind the counter. The twins are deaf. Their hands begin to move in sign language, fast and excited. And as Mama Puja understands what they're telling her, her face does something extraordinary: it opens, completely, into pure joy.
They got the job. Both of them. At Matahari Department Store, one of Indonesia's largest retail chains.
For Hasna and Hasni, it was the culmination of something they'd worked toward for a long time. For Mama Puja, it was a moment she responded to in the only way it deserved: by signing right back — imperfectly, warmly, with her whole heart.
The clip has been viewed millions of times.
**The Story Behind the Video**
Hasna and Hasni have been navigating a world built largely without them in mind since birth. Both were born deaf. Both grew up learning to communicate through Indonesian Sign Language (BISINDO), and both have been outspoken — through social media, through their community — about what it feels like to want opportunity and face a world that often doesn't know how to offer it.
When the letter came — Hasna's acceptance to Matahari Festival Citylink Bandung, Hasni's to Matahari Bandung Indah Plaza — they did what many of us do when something wonderful happens: they went to tell the person who would understand.
Mama Puja's stall had been a constant in their lives. A place that felt safe and known. And when the twins shared the news, the moment between three people — two young deaf women and a food stall owner who just started waving her hands in joy — captured something that statistics and policy reports about disability inclusion rarely can.
**What Happened After**
Matahari Department Store issued a statement celebrating Hasna, Hasni, and a third disabled employee, Ardelia — expressing appreciation for their dedication and the inspiration they brought to colleagues and customers.
On March 3, 2026, Hasna and Hasni returned to Mama Puja's stall — not to share news this time, but to say thank you. They brought a small gift. They filmed the moment. It was, if possible, even more beautiful than the first.
The twins have been active on social media since, encouraging other deaf Indonesians to apply for roles in the retail sector, to believe that workplaces can change, that doors that were once closed can open.
Matahari is not an unusual story, it turns out. It is an early story — of an industry waking up, slowly and imperfectly, to what it loses when it doesn't hire people like Hasna and Hasni.
But right now, what matters is simpler than all of that.
Two twins went to tell their good news to someone they loved. And the whole world got to watch her joy. 💛
*Sources: Social Expat · Republika · Matahari Department Store official statement · @hasnaalifahsalsabila / @hasnialifahs (Instagram)*
