A 5-year-old boy from India, accidentally trapped on a train by himself, which will not stop for two days, leaving him 1,000 miles from home, is alone and ultimately adopted by an Australian couple.
Category: Khandwa, India
‘Lion’ roars too softly
Saroo Brierley’s personal saga is the stuff of harrowing Dickensian melodrama: a deeply emotional and ultimately triumphant journey recounted in his 2014 memoir, “A Long Way Home.” The story screamed for big-screen treatment, but the result disappoints.