A Long Way Home
This is an incredible story about a five year old boy from a small village in India, who got separated from his brother at a train station, boarded a train and traveled over a thousand miles and ended up in Calcutta. As an uneducated and illiterate little boy, he survived the dangerous streets of this busy over-populated city for over a month before he ended up in an orphanage. With their limited resources and the little boys inability to communicate very well, the orphanage could not locate his hometown and so fter being in the orphanage for a few months, he was adopted by a couple from Australia where he grew up in Hobart,Tasmania.
As an adult, he still dreamed about the family he had lost and wanted to find his mother, brothers and little sister. Based on the memories of his five year old self, he started on a quest that would last years, but would ultimately lead him back to India and his hometown.
This was an inspiring story of a young boy who has been able to overcome amazing odds to survive, the kindness and dedication of those who work to help those who cannot help themselves and the many people who adopt, bring into their homes and love kids who have been abandoned.
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