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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.
Saroo Brierley is the author of A Long Way Home, a true story of how he was lost in India as a child and reunited with his family after 25 years. He also inspired the Oscar-winning movie Lion, starring Dev Patel, and shares his motivational talks around the world.
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.
Saroo and Sue Brierley share their story of adopting Saroo from India and helping him find his birth mother using Google Earth. They also discuss the challenges and rewards of adoption and the importance of global citizenship.
Saroo Brierley is an Indian man who was adopted by an Australian family after getting lost in 1986. He reunited with his mother in 2012 after searching for her on Google Earth for 25 years.
