When Saroo’s father left his mother and their family for another woman, another family, they moved from the Hindu community / side of town to the Muslim side moving into a single room falling apart with a cowpat and mud floor and a small corner fireplace.

Sad, horrifying, wondrous, life affirming, heartbreaking and heartwarming. Broken, unpaved streets outside throughout the poverty-stricken neighborhood. Then he set off on a journey to find his mother.more And one day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for. When he was a young man the advent of Google Earth led him to pore over satellite images of the country for landmarks he recognised. He spent hours staring at the map of India on his bedroom wall. Not knowing the name of his family or where he was from, he survived for weeks on the streets of Kolkata, before being taken into an orphanage and adopted by a couple in Australia.ĭespite being happy in his new family, Saroo always wondered about his origins. Saroo had become lost on a train in India at the age of five. Despite being happy When Saroo Brierley used Google Earth to find his long-lost home town half a world away, he made global headlines. Not knowing the name of his family or where he was from, he survived for weeks on the streets of Kolkata, before being taken into an orphanage and adopted by a couple in Australia. When Saroo Brierley used Google Earth to find his long-lost home town half a world away, he made global headlines.

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