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Saroo grew up in Hobart in an Australian family. His Australian parents adopted another Indian boy, Mantosh. Mantosh became Saroo's brother. Saroo learned English and soon lost touch with Hindi. Saroo originated as a mispronunciation of his given name, Sheru.
Feb 26, 2017 · Brierley grew up in a happy home a stone's throw away from the beach, and his parents later adopted another boy from India. But Brierley remained haunted by his turbulent,...
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Saroo Brierley was born as Sheru Munshi Khan on May 22, 1981 in the Ganesh Talai suburb in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, India. He was three when his father left the family for his second wife.
Nov 21, 2016 · The Lion movie true story reveals that a 5-year-old Saroo survived by himself on the streets of Calcutta for three weeks, until he was taken to a police station and eventually placed into a local orphanage. The movie lengthens his time on the streets to two months.
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.
Jan 28, 2017 · How Saroo Brierley – portrayed by Dev Patel in Lion – used Google Earth to track down his family 1500km away. Steven MacKenzie. 28 Jan 2017. Share. Growing up in Tasmania, Saroo Brierley had a map of India on his wall. “The map’s hundreds of place names swam before me in my childhood,” he recalls.
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Oct 8, 2012 · Saroo Brierley, raised in Australia but adopted from India at age five, used Google Earth to track down his family—25 years after he went missing.
