Indian Railways News => | Topic started by nikhilndls on Apr 19, 2012 - 09:00:16 AM |
Title - Return of the native: Lost son is reunited with his mother after 25 years with the help of Google EaPosted by : nikhilndls on Apr 19, 2012 - 09:00:16 AM |
|
It all began with a train ride into the unknown. The journey took him places and 25 years later, has finally come to an end.In a story that has enough fodder for a blockbuster movie, 31-year-old Saroo Brierley of Hobart, Australia, has at last managed to reunite with his biological mother living in a small, impoverished house in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh.If Saroo's journey to Australia is one hell of a tale, then his reunification with his mother is even more fascinating. Saroo was just five years old when he went missing. Saroo, who would often accompany his brother to work as a cleaner on trains, fell asleep at a station one day.He hoped his brother would wake him up, but when he opened his eyes, it was the dead of the night and his brother was nowhere to be seen.'I saw a train in front of me and thought he (the brother) must be on that train. I decided to get on it,' Saroo told the BBC in an interview that has now gone viral. Failing to find his brother, a tired Saroo went to sleep on the train and woke up some 14 hours later.From the plains of Madhya Pradesh, the train by then had carried him to Kolkata. All alone in the bustling metropolis and unable to recall the name of the place where he had come from, the five-year-old had to resort to begging to survive. Very soon he found himself in an orphanage where he was put up for adoption. |