A True Story about an Indian

1. AUTHOR : SAROO BRIERLEY
REVIEWER : S.KAVYA
B.PHARMACY FINAL YEAR

2.  REMEMBERING
 GETTING LOST
 SURVIVAL
 SALVATION
 A NEW LIFE
 MY MUM’S JOURNEY
 GROWING UP
 RESUMING THE SEARCH
 FINDING HOME
 MEETING MY MOTHER

3.  RECONNECTION
 REACHING OUT
 RETURNING.

4.  SAROO – HERO AND AUTHOR OF THE STORY
 KAMALA- MOTHER OF SAROO
 BROTHERS - GUDDU , KALLU , MANTOSH .
 SISTER - SHEIKILA
 ADOPTED MUM – SUE BRIERLEY
 ADOPTED DAD – JOHN BRIERLEY
 OFFICER IN ISSO – Mrs. SAROJ SOOD
 GRANDFATHER – JOSEPH
 GRANDMOTHER – JULIE

5.  A LONG WAY HOME IS A POIGNANT
AND INSPIRATIONAL TRUE STORY OF
SURVIVAL AND TIRUMPH AGAINST
INCREDIBLE ODDS , CELEBRATING THE
IMPORTANCE OF NEVER LETTING GO
WHAT DRIVES THE HUMAN SPIRIT :
HOPE
 HOPE ACTED AS A FUEL FOR HIM FOR
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.

9.  INTRODUCTION : Ganesh Talai is a hot
,dry place except during heavy rains of
monsoon .
 A small hindu family consists of 4 children
and mother , father ( Muslism )
 Initially this hindu family shared the house
with another family
 kamala – beautiful women with lusturous
hair , broad shoulders , hands were
tatooted. Always she wore a RED SAREE.

10.  GUDDU , KALLU – ELDERS OF THE HOUSE
 SHEIKILA - YOUNGEST OF THE HOUSE
 SAROO – YOUNGER TO GUDDU AND
KALLU but ELDER TO SHEIKILA.
 POVERTY : MALNOURISHED CHILDREN
: BEGGING TO THEIR
NEIGHBOURHOOD
: STARVATION MADE THEM
TO DO SOME MISCHIEVES .
: LACK OF EDUCATION
: WANDERING AIMLESSLY
FOR FOOD .

24.  HOBART
 AT THE AGE OF SIX IN 1987
 INDIAN OBJECTS IN AUSTRALIAN
HOUSE.
 BIRTHDAY – MAY 22 1981
 MAP ON HIS ROOM’S WALL
 GANSESH TALAI MISTAKENLY
PRONOUNCED AS GINESTLAY
 BURHANPUR MISTAKENLY PROUNCED
AS BERAMPUR
 FLASHING OF THOUGHTS

25.  PRIVATELY HANDLED
 HINDRABLE THOUGHTS
 INDIAN FAMILY IN HOBART