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When Saroo gets separated at the train station from his brother, his life takes a dramatic turn. At just five years old, he finds himself alone in an unknown and crowded platform. With a vague notion of his way home, Saroo attempts to go back but instead winds up getting adopted and going to live to Australia. Still, Saroo can not forget his family in India and (years later) begins to search for them. This is his real life journey.

Wow, going by the description of the book, one would think this is a work of fiction. Its not. All the events are factual. Its hard to fanthom how a five-year-old could manage to survive alone in the streets for weeks. There were so many ways his journey could have gone awry but his is a story that, thankfully, has a good ending. Saroo, lives on the streets of India for a few weeks and through a series of experiences winds up on an adoption list. Its not long from there that he gets adopted and brought to Australia. As an adult he uses Google Earth to find his home town, a lengthy and exhaustive process. But one that yields results. Its no wonder how his story caught Hollywood´s eye and whose movie ended up as an Oscar nominee. Prior to starting reading this work, I had no idea that the movie Lion was based on this book (will certainly be looking for the film adaptation). Heartfelt, profound and uplifting this was an incredible story.

22/07/17 UPDATE: Just recently saw the film and I am a puddle of tears. Dev Patel was brilliantly cast as Saroo. While a tad different than the book, the film was touching and I loved it.