I’m still so grounded and so regimented, too. I’ve developed myself for such a long time – my characteristics and who I am – that if I try to change myself, my origins will pull me back. Saroo Brierley Read Quote
What happened in my past happened. What’s the term – don’t cry over spilled milk? That’s the thing people don’t understand. I’m all right. I configured myself into coming out on the other end OK. I can disassociate myself. Saroo Brierley Read Quote
I almost drowned in the Hooghly river, which is something really crazy. If there is something about Calcutta that scares me, it’s that. Saroo Brierley Read Quote
When I came to Australia in 1987 as an adoptee from India, I could not have had any idea where my life journey would take me. Saroo Brierley Read Quote
It’s easy to blame technology for what we perceive to be a vast disconnect between people. We’re so wrapped up in social media, texting, online dating – in many ways, we’re addicted to our devices. Saroo Brierley Read Quote
It was a very scary place to be. I don’t think any mother or father would like to have their five year old wandering alone in the slums and train stations of Calcutta. Saroo Brierley Read Quote
I’m fairly sort of a laid-back and optimistic guy full of effervescence and vitality. Saroo Brierley Read Quote
My past was always there. And I always understood that I was adopted. It wasn’t like a massive issue to me. But identity was an issue. I knew that I was Indian, but I didn’t really know much about myself, really. I mean, I really disassociated myself from what happened in the past to present. But, it was affecting in regards to identity. Saroo Brierley Read Quote
Coming to Australia, it was just really magical for me. It just had the wow factor of a different sort of place and, more so, just being with a family that wanted to love me and to have me, because I knew back then, before coming to Australia, there was no way of getting back home or finding my real family. Saroo Brierley Read Quote
