At first glance the Bombay to Barcelona Library Cafe seems like any other. That is, until you hear its story, you'll be overwhelmed. This cafe near Mumbai International Airport is a gift from a former street child to the children suffering from the same misfortune.

Amin Sheikh had a tough childhood, something so bad that any parent would get chills down their spine imagining the same for their child. His stepfather used to beat him regularly and at the same time he had to work long shifts at the local tea shop just to get food on the table at the end of the day. One day, while playing he tripped and shattered the tea glasses he was carrying. The fear of a brutal punishment forced him to run away from the home. He faced all this at the tender age of 5, the age where a child is usually being pampered and loved. He fled from the home in search of freedom and spent the next few years on railway stations, stealing and begging for survival.

A miracle happened when Amin later found his sister at Dadar station. She had also run away frome home some tim after her brother had. While they had each other, their chances of survival were looking very slim in the world full of people with questionable intentions but one day, a ray of hope emerged from behind the dark clouds. They were discovered by Sister Seraphin, who took both of them to her NGO, Sneha Sadan, an orphanage for street children. He found a reasonable shelter in that orphanage, it being the only place that kept him away from the streets till he was 18.