A lot of people forget that anything is accomplishable if you embrace technology. — Saroo Brierley Copy Share Image
I do get recognised, but not as much as someone like Dev Patel or Nicole Kidman. — Saroo Brierley Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it felt as if the world had forgotten about us and our problems.” — Saroo Brierley Copy Share Image
We were a sport-oriented family. Because I was athletic, I made friends easily. — Saroo Brierley Copy Share Image
I almost drowned in the Hooghly river, which is something really crazy. If there is something about Calcutta that scares me, it's… — Saroo Brierley Copy Share Image
I'm fairly sort of a laid-back and optimistic guy full of effervescence and vitality. — Saroo Brierley Copy Share Image
Each time I go away internationally or even to the mainland, I always love coming back to Tasmania. — Saroo Brierley Copy Share Image
I've moved to Australia, to amazing parents who gave me unconditional love, to being educated and submerged in an amazing country and… — Saroo Brierley Amazing Copy Share Image
My quest to find my first family would never have been actualized without technology. — Saroo Brierley Adventure Copy Share Image
The streets of India are not safe for children, and every year, thousands are forced to live on the streets, avoiding being… — Saroo Brierley Copy Share Image
When I came to Australia in 1987 as an adoptee from India, I could not have had any idea where my life… — Saroo Brierley Adoptee Copy Share Image
The Hindi film that connects with my life story the most is the movie 'Hero' - two brothers being lost and sort… — Saroo Brierley Bollywood Copy Share Image
“carrying laborer to teacher and manager. It seems a bittersweet result of the family’s loss that the remaining children had managed to… — Saroo Brierley Children Copy Share Image
The functional uses of machines and innovative computer programs is not to isolate us but, rather, to promote coexistence. If used properly,… — Saroo Brierley Computers Copy Share Image
I'm still so grounded and so regimented, too. I've developed myself for such a long time - my characteristics and who I… — Saroo Brierley Change Copy Share Image
Being involved in sports and having a very sport orientated family just helped the transition extremely well. I guess, in a way,… — Saroo Brierley Australian Copy Share Image
Just as my search for my mother had in some ways shaped my life, her faith that I was alive had shaped… — Saroo Brierley Copy Share Image
“We all reach a point as young adults when we wonder what we should be doing with our lives—or, at the very… — Saroo Brierley Family Copy Share Image
It's easy to blame technology for what we perceive to be a vast disconnect between people. We're so wrapped up in social… — Saroo Brierley Copy Share Image
“Just the thought of being able to ask for more food with the expectation of receiving it made me happy and built… — Saroo Brierley Adventure Copy Share Image
My past was always there. And I always understood that I was adopted. It wasn't like a massive issue to me. But… — Saroo Brierley Identity Copy Share Image
“imagined what I’d do when I reached this stage. It now seems absurd, but I suppose I thought I’d find a town… — Saroo Brierley Copy Share Image
I tell my friends that 'you don't know how lucky you are to be in Tasmania, because when you go away internationally,… — Saroo Brierley Friends Copy Share Image
I see Calcutta as a place where I have a lot of memories... a lot of fond memories of coming back here… — Saroo Brierley Copy Share Image
It was a very scary place to be. I don't think any mother or father would like to have their five year… — Saroo Brierley Alone Copy Share Image
“She also said she was proud of me, which is all anyone can wish to hear from his mother. The” — Saroo Brierley Mother Copy Share Image
“I’d learned quickly, as a matter of survival, that I needed to take opportunities as they came—if they came—and to look forward… — Saroo Brierley Copy Share Image
I knew I'd been given another chance, another life in Australia by my parents, so I didn't want to hurt them. — Saroo Brierley Copy Share Image
I don't get asked this much - 'Would you ever wanna see your father again?' And the answer there is that I… — Saroo Brierley Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, I think people just need to start listening to their hearts and their gut feelings and… — Saroo Brierley Day Copy Share Image
For a couple that wants to have a child, there's the option of IVF, but then have a look at adoption as… — Saroo Brierley Adoption Copy Share Image
“Hunger and poverty steal your childhood and take away your innocence and sense of security. But I was one of the lucky… — Saroo Brierley Childhood Copy Share Image
