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Post ID: #PID Posted on: 16-07-14 11:58:37

I was browsing through an old TIME magazine and came across this book. May be some one already has it. I am sure that they are available in the local Library also. So, if you do get a chance please borrow it and read it. What a compelling story.
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"A long way home." Please get it from your library.

It had become an obsession, looking for Ginestlay (if only he could spell it right!) or for that other railway station – it started with a ‘B’ and sounded like Berampur. It was late in the night, his girlfriend Lisa had long gone to bed and Saroo Brierley was poring over a map at their apartment in Hobart, the capital of the Australian island state of Tasmania. He’d been doing this meticulously for a year now – zooming in and out of railway tracks originating from Kolkata’s Howrah station on Google Earth.

This is what he knew: Ginestlay was not by the mountains, it wasn’t on the seaside, it wasn’t lush. It was a dusty little village. Berampur was roughly 12 hours away (by train) from Kolkata. He remembered the landmarks, a fountain, a river, a bridge… He had searched through West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh but found nothing familiar. If only he could find the right station – Brahmapur, Baharampur, Birampur, Burhampoor… what was Berampur called? – he knew he could find his way back home. DID HE??!!

- See more at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/brunch-stories/the-incredible-story-of-saroo-brierley/article1-1115061.aspx#sthash.ipVA0Z8H.dpuf

http://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/brunch-stories/the-incredible-story-of-saroo-brierley/article1-1115061.aspx

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Good Reading.

FH.

There are TWO links and I am sure one will open up.

EDIT : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDNtNhuds1E



san-hugo   
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Post ID: #PID Posted on: 22-07-14 11:32:58


Good real life story, Nothing inspirational though.





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