Mum and Dad had waited 16 years for adoption laws to change in their home state, Tasmania, so that they could apply… — Saroo Brierley Adoption Copy Share Image
When I first started coming to Calcutta, it brought back a lot of memories... the hardships I went through, the situations I… — Saroo Brierley Back Copy Share Image
A lot of people forget that anything is accomplishable if you embrace technology. — Saroo Brierley Embrace Copy Share Image
Coming to Australia, it was just really magical for me. It just had the wow factor of a different sort of place… — Saroo Brierley Australia Copy Share Image
Why make life so dull when you can make it exciting and meet amazing people and go to countries and see things?… — Saroo Brierley Amazing 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
“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 Time 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 Another chance Copy Share Image
“Adoptees, whether or not they ever knew their birth parents, often describe the constant, gnawing feeling of there being something missing: without… — Saroo Brierley Parenting 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
“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
I don't get asked this much - 'Would you ever wanna see your father again?' And the answer there is that I… — Saroo Brierley Again Copy Share Image
“One of the most touching things my mother said to me was that if I ever wanted to come back to live… — Saroo Brierley Parenting 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
“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
Indians in general are sort of thick-skinned and hard to be moved. — Saroo Brierley General Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it felt as if the world had forgotten about us and our problems.” — Saroo Brierley Copy Share Image
I do get recognised, but not as much as someone like Dev Patel or Nicole Kidman. — Saroo Brierley Get 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
My adoptive mother always wanted to meet my biological mother. — Saroo Brierley Always Copy Share Image
Each time I go away internationally or even to the mainland, I always love coming back to Tasmania. — Saroo Brierley Always Copy Share Image
