Best General India Travel Guides
This is the miraculous and triumphant story of Saroo Brierley, a young man who used Google Earth to rediscover his childhood life and home in an incredible journey from India to Australia and back again... At only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. A Long Way Home is a moving, poignant, and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds. Born in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, India, Saroo Brierley lives in Hobart, Tasmania, where he manages a family business, Brierley Marine, with his father.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"It is the real-life story of Saroo, a five-year-old child in a village in central India, who gets lost and finds himself transported all the way east to Calcutta, some 1800 kms away. However Saroo always wonders about his origins, with clear memories of his birth mother Kamala, his kid sister Shekila and elder brothers Kallu and Guddu, whom he looked up to as a child two decades before. Gradually, over five years, with incredible patience and perseverance , Saroo, at age 30, using Google Earth's satellite images and Facebook, miraculously locates the train station with the identifying features of his childhood. Saroo soon goes to India and reconnects with his birth family to the great delight of his elderly mother Kamala and his siblings Shekila and Kallu, who are now married with children. It is a great tribute to these wonderful technologies which make it possible for the adult Saroo to sit ten thousand miles away in Hobart, Australia and exactly locate the water tower and overpass of his childhood memory and find out the correct name of his village. Going through the early chapters where Saroo survives for six weeks as a five-year-old in Calcutta, I had palpitations as I felt anxious that nothing terrible should befall young Saroo!"
"This is a unique story about a boy who became lost in India, adopted, relocated to Australia and his, eventual, return back to India in search of his birth mother and family."
"This is one of those rare stories in which "truth is stranger than fiction.""
"I thought it was excellent."
"This story is both incredibly terrifying and wonderfully heart-warming."
"Thoroughly enjoyable read; how incredible that this little boy had such strong survival instinct in a city swarming with millions of people, and an impressive memory for detail which has resulted in an evocative rendering of his becoming lost."
"I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to learn about this remarkable Journey."
"I bought this book in the hopes that my kids will someday want to read his incredibly brave journey."
With hundreds of full-color photographs, hand-drawn illustrations, and custom maps that illuminate every page, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Japan truly shows you this country as no one else can. Series Overview: For more than two decades, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides have helped travelers experience the world through the history, art, architecture, and culture of their destinations. DK Eyewitness Travel Guides: the most maps, photographs, and illustrations of any guide. "Known… for its four-color maps, photos and illustrations, the [DK] Eyewitness Guides are extremely user-friendly for travelers who want their information delivered in a concise, visual way."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"As is the case with all DK Travel Guides, it is very well organized by region of the country, after providing you with an overview of Japan along with some history and cultural topics. Then when you go to each regional section, the guide has numbered points of interest or suggested places to visit that are thoroughly explained and that are keyed to a corresponding number on a road map so once again you know where you are in Japan. Finally, they provide a fairly detailed section of Travel Essentials and thoroughly cover topics such as safety, how to get around on public or private transportation, currency, health and a host of other vital topics one must consider prior to any international trip."
"I love all the Eyewitness Travel series."
"Wonderful book and layout."
"I generally love the DK travel books, but this one is packed full of a lot of information without giving a proper sense of how to get around the country."
"It contains detailed descriptions by region and their areas, a great section on traveler's needs (where to stay, where to eat & drink, shopping, Onsen, Theme Parks, Sports & Activities, Special interests, and a great survival guide with practical information, travel info, a life saving phrase book and a great index, the book provides a "further reading" list for you if you want to read more but honestly, with this much information it should be more than enough for my 3 week trip to Japan."
"It's a good book though as a reference."
"The pictures and illustrations are great and I have bought DK series for over ten countries."
"this book is very informative and has beautiful colored pictures."
Immerse yourself in the sacred city of Varanasi, wonder at the Taj Mahal in Agra, or cruise the tropical waterways of Kerala; all with your trusted travel companion. Colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - yoga, spas, volunteering, festivals, religion, history, cuisine, art, literature, architecture, environment, wildlife, trekking Over 220 maps Covers Delhi, Rajasthan, Kashmir, Ladakh, Agra, Varanasi, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Rishikesh, West Bengal, Darjeeling, Goa, Bengaluru (Bangalore), Mumbai (Bombay), Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kerala, Andaman Islands and more. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Still useful but size is restrictive and information not quite as accurate as in past."
"I first used the Lonely Planet in the 1980's when traveling in India, and now that I am taking my family to India in 2018, I wouldn't plan the trip without it."
"Great guide like all the others Lonely Planet has."
"This book is huge but has so much info."
"I was on a guided tour, but wanted to know more, in-depth info about the places I was visiting."
"i already had the 2015 kindle version of this book, given that approximately 90% of the contents of this new 2017-version would be identical with the previous one."
"It also fails to mention Pataleshwar or Parvati Hill which seems really strange. There is also no mention of all the local varieties of street food specific to this city that are worth seeking out ... nothing about mangos, ice cream on a stick, or the chocolate covered leaves. I know I'm basing this off the contents of just one city, but considering this was updated in October 2017 I'm just surprised by how little information there is for India's 7th largest city."
Best Calcutta Travel Guides
In 1999, Amit Chaudhuri moved back to Calcutta, the city in which he was born. Already a poet, musician, critic and novelist, in Calcutta Amit Chaudhuri bravely - and brilliantly - embraces new form that is, in many ways, the expression of the city itself.'. Monocle Magazine 'Chaudhuri concentrates on the everyday and there's something admirable about the calm confidence of his unelectric narratives - of buying some vintage windows, of a street food vendor or a friend of the family. -- Paul Laity Prospect 'Concussed by the noise of the new and beguiled by echoes of the past, Chaudhuri maintains his novelists eye and ear for Calcutta's character and citizens. Stylist 'Chaudhuri's trysts with the past are entrancing in their lyricism, and simply stunning in their intelligence and percipience,' Independent 'Chaudhuri's highly personal preoccupations provide an insight into how Calcutta is attempting to adapt to globalisation. -- Anthony Sattin Observer 'Chaudhuri's writing has a strangely mesmeric quality, using the quotidian to draw the reader into the author's mental world, his own way of looking. His stories are spun out of a mix of history and family memoir, but the joy here lies in his digressions, his wanderings through the city, his remembrances and conjectures.'.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"It's a "guide" to the author's heart-- as though you're sitting in the room with him listening to him gently talking. In the course of this, we meet street people, chefs in the burgeoning cafe and business society, even maids and his elderly Father's care giver. And, we get a more clear picture of the author, an only child returning to this heat and rain- to Calcutta- to take care of his Father. but only partially so."
"In between his reminiscences of present and past, he makes us miss what we never knew, makes us want to know that whether the life is better now or was it in the past days through his anecdotes of bygone days of the Calcutta."
"Literature detail of Calcutta vs. travelogue."
"The author introduces the reader to a wide range of Calcutta's characters here - from street stall owners to chefs in fancy hotels - from his family members to Mamata Banarjee, the woman who presented an alternative to the Communist/Maoist Party that had so long prevailed in the area. He ostentatiously lets every observation trigger a stream of consciousness in him, flowing back and forth and around - from Bombay where he was born, to present-day Calcutta, to the Calcutta of his youth, to Oxford and Norwich where he studies/teaches in England. Reading "Calcutta" is like watching a loom whose shuttle has gone tilt. Chaudhuri launches off - "Shobhabazar is in North Calcutta; so the narrow lane in which Mini mashi and her elder sister lived doggedly in a government flat, a five-minute walk from Tagores' house in Jorasanko, two minutes from Mallickbari or the marble Palace, and not far at all from Mahajati Sadan, the playhouse; an area as littered with the relics of history as Shobhabazar is thriving (besides still being home to the obscure mansions of erstwhile rajas and landlords) with stalls selling wedding cards, saris, dress material - but predominantly wedding cards." Then in the next sentences, he justifies not having visited Mini mashi sooner by pointing out that his own home is in the more industrially progressive southern part of Calcutta. Perhaps though, the obliqueness of Chaudhuri's observations is a good thing. It puts India in general, and Calcutta in particular, in a whole new light, as a place of unexpected daily details."
"Calcutta defines what a city is in terms of stark contradictions."
"He rambles on and on, jumping from one topic to the next in a stream of consciousness narrative."
"I have read a good bit about India and enjoyed the experience."
Best Bangladesh Travel Guides
Much of its coastline forms part of the world’s largest mangrove forests, the Sundarbans, home to the Royal Bengal tiger and many other flora and fauna. It is famous for its music, dance, and drama; arts and crafts; folklore; languages and literature; philosophy and religion; festivals and celebrations; and its distinctive cuisine and culinary tradition. Bangladesh has been regularly hit by floods and cyclones, but, contrary to what the world usually hears about natural disasters and poverty, there is positive economic growth and the country is one of southeast Asia’s largest exporters of garments to Western markets. After working for several years on various newspapers and magazines in Bangladesh, she was awarded a UNESCO Fellowship to Michigan State University and to the Press Foundation of Asia in Manila, Philippines.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Bangladesh is a beautiful country and in this book I came to know so many different things about that country."
"good book."
Best Indian Travel Guides
This is the miraculous and triumphant story of Saroo Brierley, a young man who used Google Earth to rediscover his childhood life and home in an incredible journey from India to Australia and back again... At only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. A Long Way Home is a moving, poignant, and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds. Born in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, India, Saroo Brierley lives in Hobart, Tasmania, where he manages a family business, Brierley Marine, with his father.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"It is the real-life story of Saroo, a five-year-old child in a village in central India, who gets lost and finds himself transported all the way east to Calcutta, some 1800 kms away. However Saroo always wonders about his origins, with clear memories of his birth mother Kamala, his kid sister Shekila and elder brothers Kallu and Guddu, whom he looked up to as a child two decades before. Gradually, over five years, with incredible patience and perseverance , Saroo, at age 30, using Google Earth's satellite images and Facebook, miraculously locates the train station with the identifying features of his childhood. Saroo soon goes to India and reconnects with his birth family to the great delight of his elderly mother Kamala and his siblings Shekila and Kallu, who are now married with children. It is a great tribute to these wonderful technologies which make it possible for the adult Saroo to sit ten thousand miles away in Hobart, Australia and exactly locate the water tower and overpass of his childhood memory and find out the correct name of his village. Going through the early chapters where Saroo survives for six weeks as a five-year-old in Calcutta, I had palpitations as I felt anxious that nothing terrible should befall young Saroo!"
"When 5-year-old Saroo is accidentally separated from his Indian family at a train station, he ends up surviving on the streets of Kolkata (Calcutta) on his own for 2-3 weeks before being taken to an orphanage. Fast-forward 25 years, and Saroo chooses to search for his biological family, which he does with the help of Google Maps, Google Earth and Facebook."
"Saroo was born in a small suburb of Khandwa, India called Ganesh Talai, which was an important place for him all his life including when he would initiate the long and tiresome search for his mother. Although this story wasn’t written by Saroo himself, ghost writer Larry Buttrose did an exceptional job at capturing the emotion and details of the journey. A poverty-stricken neighborhood, with a mud house and the only form of electricity coming from a candle, Saroo’s family had to work very hard to support each other. Guddu, the eldest brother, went to work every day, washing dishes for many hours just to make only half a rupee. Anyhow, Saroo and his family ultimately resorted to begging for money at local markets, railways, and neighborhoods. The author did an exceptional job at showing how much his family did to be able to support him by using many examples of his mother and brothers going out for long work days even if it meant earning enough to buy a simple loaf of bread. The author emphasized the importance of his adoptive parents and gave a good idea of what role they played for him following such a tragic loss of his biological family. “Mum and Dad were very affectionate, right from the start, always giving me lots of cuddles and making me feel safe, secure, loved and above all, wanted. The author was able to make me feel guilty for having such a good life by showing the struggle of this five-year-old boy losing his family with no money, no one to talk to and no way of how to find himself home."
"This is a unique story about a boy who became lost in India, adopted, relocated to Australia and his, eventual, return back to India in search of his birth mother and family."
Best Delhi Travel Guides
India is a country of vibrant and enticing contrasts: exquisite palaces are juxtaposed against simple temples, and modern high-tech industry coexists with ancient customs and rituals. “Fodor’s is pitched a few notches higher….aimed at a fairly discerning traveler with an appetite for background and the occasional surprise.” – New York Times.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Used this 2013 guide all over northern India and learned much info from it in advance of each stop."
"It did give some good information but definitely not enough info on lodging.Been to India twice but it has been many years and I do know there was much more that could be said on lodging which I wanted specifically ."
"Also many locals didn't understand the English name used in the book for a certain temple or sight so that even asking cab drivers would not often get us anywhere."
"good book."
"seems very helpful in planning my trip."
"Great Information."
"Nice book very informative."
"The electronic version is not nearly as detailed as Fodor paper versions that I've used."
Best Indian Travel
This is the miraculous and triumphant story of Saroo Brierley, a young man who used Google Earth to rediscover his childhood life and home in an incredible journey from India to Australia and back again... At only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. A Long Way Home is a moving, poignant, and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds. “Amazing stuff.”— The New York Post “So incredible that sometimes it reads like a work of fiction.”— Winnipeg Free Press (Canada)“A remarkable story.”— Sydney Morning Herald Review “I literally could not put this book down...[Saroo's] return journey will leave you weeping with joy and the strength of the human spirit.”— Manly Daily (Australia)“We urge you to step behind the headlines and have a read of this absorbing account...With clear recollections and good old-fashioned storytelling, Saroo...recalls the fear of being lost and the anguish of separation.”— Weekly Review (Australia) Born in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, India, Saroo Brierley lives in Hobart, Tasmania, where he manages a family business, Brierley Marine, with his father.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"It is the real-life story of Saroo, a five-year-old child in a village in central India, who gets lost and finds himself transported all the way east to Calcutta, some 1800 kms away. However Saroo always wonders about his origins, with clear memories of his birth mother Kamala, his kid sister Shekila and elder brothers Kallu and Guddu, whom he looked up to as a child two decades before. Gradually, over five years, with incredible patience and perseverance , Saroo, at age 30, using Google Earth's satellite images and Facebook, miraculously locates the train station with the identifying features of his childhood. Saroo soon goes to India and reconnects with his birth family to the great delight of his elderly mother Kamala and his siblings Shekila and Kallu, who are now married with children. It is a great tribute to these wonderful technologies which make it possible for the adult Saroo to sit ten thousand miles away in Hobart, Australia and exactly locate the water tower and overpass of his childhood memory and find out the correct name of his village. Going through the early chapters where Saroo survives for six weeks as a five-year-old in Calcutta, I had palpitations as I felt anxious that nothing terrible should befall young Saroo!"
"When 5-year-old Saroo is accidentally separated from his Indian family at a train station, he ends up surviving on the streets of Kolkata (Calcutta) on his own for 2-3 weeks before being taken to an orphanage. Fast-forward 25 years, and Saroo chooses to search for his biological family, which he does with the help of Google Maps, Google Earth and Facebook."
"Saroo was born in a small suburb of Khandwa, India called Ganesh Talai, which was an important place for him all his life including when he would initiate the long and tiresome search for his mother. Although this story wasn’t written by Saroo himself, ghost writer Larry Buttrose did an exceptional job at capturing the emotion and details of the journey. A poverty-stricken neighborhood, with a mud house and the only form of electricity coming from a candle, Saroo’s family had to work very hard to support each other. Guddu, the eldest brother, went to work every day, washing dishes for many hours just to make only half a rupee. Anyhow, Saroo and his family ultimately resorted to begging for money at local markets, railways, and neighborhoods. The author did an exceptional job at showing how much his family did to be able to support him by using many examples of his mother and brothers going out for long work days even if it meant earning enough to buy a simple loaf of bread. The author emphasized the importance of his adoptive parents and gave a good idea of what role they played for him following such a tragic loss of his biological family. “Mum and Dad were very affectionate, right from the start, always giving me lots of cuddles and making me feel safe, secure, loved and above all, wanted. The author was able to make me feel guilty for having such a good life by showing the struggle of this five-year-old boy losing his family with no money, no one to talk to and no way of how to find himself home."
"This is a unique story about a boy who became lost in India, adopted, relocated to Australia and his, eventual, return back to India in search of his birth mother and family."
Best Bhutan Travel Guides
Jamie Zeppa was 24 when she left a stagnant life at home and signed a contract to teach for two years in the Buddhist hermit kingdom of Bhutan. As a teacher of English literature, Jamie Zeppa would understand how the story of her journey into Bhutan could be fit into the convenient box of "coming-of-age romance," a romance with a landscape, a people, a religion, and a dark, irresistible student.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I rarely read non-fiction, especially personal journey memoirs, but I'm so glad I decided to pick up this very well-written book that pulls you in and lets you experience just what Ms. Zeppa did."
"She starts out with great trepidation, wondering whether she has made a huge mistake and having no idea if she will have the strength of constitution or character to survive without her accustomed level of personal comforts and safety."
"A wonderful story and a great fit for me."
"Anyone who has lived in an unfamiliar country for an extended amount of time will love this book, in particular, English teachers abroad."
"I'm interested in travel in Bhutan."
"Jamie Zeppa embraces the differences and learns to love the country of Bhutan even as she is torn by the conflict between the Nepali Bhutanese and the original inhabitants."
"Zeppa is a strong storyteller who takes you along on her exciting (although unconventional) journey to Butan."
"Excellent- read it whilst in Bhutan."
Best Central United States Travel Guides
Amazing MN is a book for proud or homesick Minnesotans with 272 pages of state and city rankings, unusual information, stunning design, and a touch of whimsy. With less than 2% of the nation's population, Minnesota is a model for prosperity, creativity, and quality of life. It's about the fabric of the state its constant investment in the arts, its dedication to the environment, its balanced economy, its educational attainment, and, above all, its water. ''Minnesotans are brought up to be self-effacing and sheepish and hangdog about our state - it's the curse of Lutheranism - and finally Lee Lynch has broken through this plywood ceiling and come right out and shown how terrific we are. --Garrison Keillor, graduate of Anoka High School. This beautifully designed book will alter the perception of Minnesota more than anything that's come along in decades.''. His unabashed love for his state makes him its foremost reporter and most artful advocate.''.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Of course most of us that live here don't need to read the book to want to stay."
"any minnesotan should have this."
"Lots of facts about the state."
"Not just the same old Minnesota fan-boy stuff, but REAL numbers to back up just how awesome Minnesota truly is."
"This was a Christmas gift for a native of Minnesota and she was thrilled to receive it... she couldn't put it down!"
"Clean water, clean air, indoor amusement park at the huge Mall of America – and water park indoors! In his Powder-milk Biscuits ads, Garrison Keillor has told us for years, “And the children are above average.” (He is referring of course to the children of Lake Wobegon that wonderful mythical village in rural Minnesota.). Expats and Minnesotaphiles everywhere learn that Minnesotans are the country's safest drivers vs. the country's worst drivers [TX #3 worst, Louisiana #4 worst]."
"I bought this book for my daughter who lives in CA, but was raised in MN."
"I actually listened to the author of this book on the radio... the research and incredibly interesting unknown facts are unmatched!"
Best Afghanistan Travel Guides
Yet within the small haven of the beauty school, the line between teacher and student quickly blurred as these vibrant women shared with Rodriguez their stories and their hearts: the newlywed who faked her virginity on her wedding night, the twelve-year-old bride sold into marriage to pay her family’s debts, the Taliban member’s wife who pursued her training despite her husband’s constant beatings. Kabul Beauty School is a remarkable tale of an extraordinary community of women who come together and learn the arts of perms, friendship, and freedom. How Rodriguez, an admirably resourceful and dynamic woman, set to marry a nice Afghan man, solves this problem makes a great story, embellished as it is with all the traditional wedding preparations. Political problems ensued ("too much laughing within the school"), financial problems, cultural misunderstandings and finally the government closed the school and salon—though the reader will suspect that the endlessly ingenious Rodriguez, using her book as a wedge against authority, will triumph in the end.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Deep cultural beliefs and practices do have potential for evolution but they won’t be moved by brute force, rather by millions of small souls doing amazing things like sharing themselves in a loving way and giving others hope and knowledge to rise above their situations."
"Her story evolving with great insights of life in Kabul, especially the way woman live and what was perhaps even more interesting, is how Debbie managed to set up a great school, driven by her passion, while being sooooo emotional."
"As she teaches these brave women, she learns about the culture, the people and the beauty of that intriguing country."
"Her determination to help women in Afghanistan develop self-sufficiency in creating businesses acceptable for women to run, is inspiring."
"I could not put this book down."
"I was very intrigued with her level of committment to bring employment to women of Afghanistan."
"It also gave me a new. appreciation as a citizen of the United States!"
"I couldn't do what Debbie did."
Best 30-Minute Travel Short Reads
Travels with Charley in Search of America is an intimate look at one of America's most beloved writers in the later years of his life—a self-portrait of a man who never wrote an explicit autobiography. This Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition also features French flaps and deckle-edged paper. “Pure delight, a pungent potpourri of places and people interspersed with bittersweet essays on everything from the emotional difficulties of growing old to the reasons why giant sequoias arouse such awe.” The New York Times Book Review “Profound, sympathetic, often angry . Travels with Charley is animated by Steinbeck's attention to the specific details of the natural world and his sense of how the lives of people are intimately connected to the rhythms of nature - to weather, geography, the cycles of the seasons.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"What I didn't know about John Steinbeck is that he is always engaging. Certainly he was a charming man."
"This was a great way to read Steinbeck!"
"I'll have to sit down and think hard if we've made honest progress in America since 1960."
"One of those books that lets you turn the world off and just kick back and enjoy the trip!"
"Exactly as advertised."
"One of my favorite reads and includes several memorable quotes about Montana."
"My children were required to read The Grapes of Wrath, so I read parts of it when they did."
"This old favorite was chosen by my book club."
Best West South Central United States Travel Books
Chef Folse's seventh cookbook is the authoritative collection on Louisiana's culture and cuisine.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Ok, this book surprised me."
"This is one of the best cookbook that I have. I have several cookbooks that have only cajun recipes, but this book puts them all into one big cookbook."
"My husband and I already have this book and use it constantly."
"I initially received this book as a gift and just replaced it due to a house fire."
"This book more then any other is the "unofficial" Cajun and Creole cook book."
"I bought this book for my husband who loves to cook."
"In it you'll find recipes for everyday products like chicken, pork, beef, and you'll also find recipes for some game animals as well."
"My husband and I were astonished that the first 100 pages+ are devoted to the different people groups that live in in La."
Best India History
This is the miraculous and triumphant story of Saroo Brierley, a young man who used Google Earth to rediscover his childhood life and home in an incredible journey from India to Australia and back again... At only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. A Long Way Home is a moving, poignant, and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds. Born in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, India, Saroo Brierley lives in Hobart, Tasmania, where he manages a family business, Brierley Marine, with his father.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"It is the real-life story of Saroo, a five-year-old child in a village in central India, who gets lost and finds himself transported all the way east to Calcutta, some 1800 kms away. However Saroo always wonders about his origins, with clear memories of his birth mother Kamala, his kid sister Shekila and elder brothers Kallu and Guddu, whom he looked up to as a child two decades before. Gradually, over five years, with incredible patience and perseverance , Saroo, at age 30, using Google Earth's satellite images and Facebook, miraculously locates the train station with the identifying features of his childhood. Saroo soon goes to India and reconnects with his birth family to the great delight of his elderly mother Kamala and his siblings Shekila and Kallu, who are now married with children. It is a great tribute to these wonderful technologies which make it possible for the adult Saroo to sit ten thousand miles away in Hobart, Australia and exactly locate the water tower and overpass of his childhood memory and find out the correct name of his village. Going through the early chapters where Saroo survives for six weeks as a five-year-old in Calcutta, I had palpitations as I felt anxious that nothing terrible should befall young Saroo!"
"When 5-year-old Saroo is accidentally separated from his Indian family at a train station, he ends up surviving on the streets of Kolkata (Calcutta) on his own for 2-3 weeks before being taken to an orphanage. Fast-forward 25 years, and Saroo chooses to search for his biological family, which he does with the help of Google Maps, Google Earth and Facebook."
"Saroo was born in a small suburb of Khandwa, India called Ganesh Talai, which was an important place for him all his life including when he would initiate the long and tiresome search for his mother. Although this story wasn’t written by Saroo himself, ghost writer Larry Buttrose did an exceptional job at capturing the emotion and details of the journey. A poverty-stricken neighborhood, with a mud house and the only form of electricity coming from a candle, Saroo’s family had to work very hard to support each other. Guddu, the eldest brother, went to work every day, washing dishes for many hours just to make only half a rupee. Anyhow, Saroo and his family ultimately resorted to begging for money at local markets, railways, and neighborhoods. The author did an exceptional job at showing how much his family did to be able to support him by using many examples of his mother and brothers going out for long work days even if it meant earning enough to buy a simple loaf of bread. The author emphasized the importance of his adoptive parents and gave a good idea of what role they played for him following such a tragic loss of his biological family. “Mum and Dad were very affectionate, right from the start, always giving me lots of cuddles and making me feel safe, secure, loved and above all, wanted. The author was able to make me feel guilty for having such a good life by showing the struggle of this five-year-old boy losing his family with no money, no one to talk to and no way of how to find himself home."
"This is a unique story about a boy who became lost in India, adopted, relocated to Australia and his, eventual, return back to India in search of his birth mother and family."
Best Galician eBooks
Saín do metro de Patel Chowk e vimos a unha policía de Delhi. Non hai mellor fonte que a policía para pedir a estrada.Eliminar pola forza e medo para a cabeza e foi para a van e pediu Tom humilde, "Vaishab, como está na casa da Casa de Kerala?" Miña auto-confianza creceu moito coa policía, eu desistín o orgullo de Kerala House. Comecei a camiñar cun sorriso, ollando para arcismanera cincocentas jardas de distancia, camiñan ao longo da calzada ao lado oposto, chegaron a comprender algúns deles penso que vin los rir, riron na cara de kanaphiujada, a maioría pensou tolo, condución pés rápidos.
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