Saroo grew up in Hobart with his Australian parents, who later adopted another Indian boy, Mantosh. She then confined her energy to looking for Saroo, travelling to different places on trains and visiting a temple every week to pray for his return. A few weeks after her sons failed to return home, police informed her that Guddu's body had been found near the railway tracks, a kilometre (0.6 miles) from Burhanpur station. In the meantime, his mother, Kamla Munshi, searched for her two sons. He was officially declared a lost child and subsequently adopted by the Brierley family of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The staff there attempted to locate his family, but Saroo did not know enough for them to trace his hometown. Eventually, he was moved to the Indian Society for Sponsorship and Adoption (ISSA). Finally, he ventured out into the city, and after days of homelessness on Kolkata's streets, a teenager took him to a police station and reported that the boy was probably lost. He survived by scavenging scraps of food in the street and sleeping underneath the station's seats. When someone opened the door to his carriage, Saroo fled, having no idea where he was. The rail journey finally ended at the huge Howrah railway station in Kolkata (then Calcutta), nearly 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) from his home. Many hours passed, and although the train occasionally stopped at small stations, Saroo was unable to open the door to escape. When he awoke, the train was travelling across unfamiliar country. Hoping his brother would come for him, he fell asleep. He found there were no doors to the adjoining carriages. He noticed a train parked in the station and, thinking his brother was on it, boarded an empty carriage. Guddu did not return, however, and Saroo eventually became impatient. Guddu told him to wait, promising to be back shortly. By the time the train reached Burhanpur, Saroo was so tired he collapsed onto a seat on the platform. Saroo asked to go along, and Guddu agreed. One evening, Guddu said he was going to ride the train from Khandwa to the city of Burhanpur, 70 kilometres (43 mi) to the south.
Guddu sometimes obtained work sweeping the floors of train carriages. Nor could she afford to send them to school.Īt age 5, Saroo and his older brothers Guddu and Kallu began begging at the railway station for food and money. His mother worked in construction to support herself and her children but often made too little money to feed them all. When he was young, his father left his mother, throwing the family into poverty. Saroo Brierley was born Sheru Munshi Khan in Ganesh Talai, a suburb within Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh. It received six Oscar nominations, including one for Dev Patel for Best Supporting Actor. The film, entitled Lion, stars Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, and Rooney Mara. It generated significant international media attention and was adapted to film in 2016. His autobiographical account, A Long Way Home, was published in 2013 in Australia and internationally a year later. Twenty-five years later, he reunited with his biological mother. At age 5, Saroo was separated from his biological mother and eventually adopted by an Australian couple. Saroo Brierley is an Indian-born Australian businessman and memorist. Currently-lives in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.Education-Australian International Hotel School (Canberra).Where-Ganesh Talai, Madhya Pradesh, India.It was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Dev Patel for Best Supporting Actor. The 2016 film version, Lion, stars Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel, and Rooney Mara. It celebrates the importance of never letting go of what drives the human spirit: hope. One day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for and set off to find his family.Ī Long Way Home is a moving, poignant, and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds. Eventually, with the advent of Google Earth, he had the opportunity to look for the needle in a haystack he once called home, and pore over satellite images for landmarks he might recognize or mathematical equations that might further narrow down the labyrinthine map of India. Unable to read or write or recall the name of his hometown or even his own last name, he survived alone for weeks on the rough streets of Calcutta before ultimately being transferred to an agency and adopted by a couple in Australia.ĭespite his gratitude, Brierley always wondered about his origins. The miraculous and triumphant story of Saroo Brierley, a young man who used Google Earth to rediscover his childhood life and home in an incredible journey from India to Australia and back againĪt only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India.
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