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A discussion post for anyone reading Saroo Brierley's book A Long Way Home which was adapted into the Oscar-nominated film Lion.

When Saroo Brierley used Google Earth to find his long-lost home town half a world away, he made global headlines.

Saroo had become lost on a train in India at the age of five. Not knowing the name of his family or where he was from, he survived for weeks on the streets of Kolkata, before being taken into an orphanage and adopted by a couple in Australia.

Despite being happy in his new family, Saroo always wondered about his origins. He spent hours staring at the map of India on his bedroom wall. When he was a young man the advent of Google Earth led him to pore over satellite images of the country for landmarks he recognised. And one day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for.

Then he set off on a journey to find his mother.

So I'm not very far into this yet but I think it's kind of interesting that Saroo actually has another biological brother that the movie doesn't mention. I wonder if it was for dramatic purposes because he was with Guddu when he got lost and that memory or if his brother didn't want to be involved since you see the real people at the end of the film.