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Saroo Brierley (born c. 1981) is an Indian-born Australian businessman and author who, at the age of five, was accidentally separated from his biological family.
When Saroo Brierley used Google Earth to find his long-lost home town half a world away, he made global headlines. Saroo had become lost on a train in India at the age of five.
Nov 21, 2016 · We compare the Lion movie to the true story of Saroo Brierley and his Google Earth journey. Meet the real Saroo, his mom Sue Brierley and his birth mother Fatima.
Jan 19, 2017 · After fending for himself on the streets, five-year-old Saroo made it to an orphanage, where he was adopted by Australian couple Sue and John Brierley to begin a new life in Tasmania.
Apr 21, 2019 · Well, that thirst to know what has become of Brierley – the Indian child who got lost so far from home that he wound up rehoused in Tasmania, only to go in search of his real mother two decades later with only a faint memory and Google Earth as guidance – can now be satiated.
To some, the name Saroo Brierley might conjure images of the wiry, long-haired Dev Patel from the Oscar-nominated film “Lion.” But the real Saroo Brierley is tall and clean-cut with a strong build.
Saroo Brierley was born in an Indian town called Khandwa. In 1986, aged only 5, he lost all contact with his family when he was at a train station waiting for his brother who never returned. After living on the streets of Calcutta for 3 weeks by himself, he then got placed into a local orphanage where an Australian family adopted Saroo.
