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"Saroo Brierley was born in an Indian town called Khandwa. In 1986, aged only 5, he lost all contact with his family when he was at a train station waiting for his brother who never returned.
After living on the streets of Calcutta for 3 weeks by himself, he then got placed into a local orphanage where an Australian family adopted Saroo. He then grew up with his newly adopted parents in Hobart, Tasmania where he spent the next 25 years.
After years trying to track down his old town through the labyrinth of railways lines on Google Earth and an image etched into his brain as a 5 year old, he finally found his town Khandwa on the map and travelled to India to try and find members of his family. In early 2012, after 25 years of separation, he finally reunited with his mother." (Source: https://saroobrierley.com/)
Study Guides
Study Guides
- Reyes Ariel | Lion Study Guide"This study guide is constructed around the Australian film, Lion (2016) and is aimed at VCE students that wish to study past students’ work. Throughout the guide conventions of narrative and codes will be explored as well as an insight into the Director Garth Davis who has only just started his career in feature films. furthermore a breakdown of society’s reception of the film, both past and present"
- SPaRK – Lion: A Long Way Home |"Learning and teaching activities in this springboard are centred on outcomes and content from the NSW English K-10 Syllabus External link and the English Textual Concepts resource External link."
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Book and film reviews
- How 'Lion' explores identity, belonging and cultural heritage | Into Film; 20 JAN 2017"...The film throws light on the sensitive issues around adoption and the motivations of parents who adopt children from different countries and cultures to their own."
- Lion is a well-made melodrama with a rather disturbing message | The Conversation; January 9, 2017"Unfortunately, like most commercial films, Lion doesn’t say anything particularly meaningful about the world. In film terms, this is called burbanking: reducing the political problems that form its contextual backdrop to matters of individual psychology and morality."
- LION Review: The Desperate Search For Identity"...Saroo Brierley’s story is not told through flashbacks. This is key in understanding its narrative point of view. Not only does it make a distinct effort to focus on the narrow intersections on the aforementioned Venn diagram, but it does so with inside-out authenticity in a way that makes its inherent Eastern-Western cultural clash a key facet of its text, each continually rubbing up against one another in its devastating, expertly crafted second half."
- Lion | Australian Book Review; 09 January 2017"...the film has an overall tendency towards the reductive and sentimental, even while it attempts to tell one man’s personal truth. It is an undeniably poignant and uplifting tale – and large chunks of the film are almost overwhelmingly moving – but the filmmakers have cleaved too closely to the tone and viewpoint of Saroo Brierley’s book A Long Way Home (2013)...Most disconcertingly, Saroo’s own identity crisis is depicted as a completely external problem, his journey home merely a matter of joining dots on a map."
- True to his words | The Weekend Australian; January 14, 2017"The tale of one man’s quest to find his biological mother captured all the qualities of the movies — and of life itself"
- Worlds Away | Metro; Autumn, 2017"Saroo Brierley's story of childhood displacement and decades-later reconnection with his birth mother, as dramatised in Garth Davis' Lion, has made an impact on audiences both here and abroad. By bravely tackling the themes of identity, belonging, perspective, and both physical and emotional distance, the film does justice to the magnitude of a man's soul-searching journey that spans across the earth."
Interviews with Saroo Brierley, his mother and filmmakers
Interviews with Saroo Brierley, his mother and filmmakers
- Heart of a lion | Australian Women's Weekly. Dec 2020"The extraordinary life of Saroo Brierley captured hearts around the world in the movie Lion, but very little has been known about his mother, Sue,
until now. Samantha Trenoweth meets the ‘lioness’ whose fierce courage and unconditional love were forged in her own traumatic childhood." - A Long Way Home: Ghostwriter Larry Buttrose on telling Saroo Brierley's story behind the film Lion | ABC; 16 Feb 2017"From the moment Larry Buttrose heard the story about Saroo Brierley, he knew what a remarkable one it was..."
- Nicole Kidman on Lion and adoption: 'It's about the simplicity of love' | The Guardian; 13 Jan 2017"After her sublimely moving performance in her new film Lion, the actor explains through her tears why the role was a perfect fit for her – and how it led her to reflect on her own experience of adoption"
- Saroo Brierley relates tale of ‘human spirit’ and the power of technology | CIO; 28 August 2019"His story is one of "hope, determination, and sheer grit," he said. "It's the power to soldier on. Make a choice.Take a chance and make a difference," he said, explaining the drive to survive and to ultimately find his way back home. "There is always a way home - and I found it."
- The True Heart Breaking And Heart-Warming Story Of ‘Lion’ Movie | Global Citizen ; February 3, 2017"Global Citizen sat down with “Lion” screenwriter Luke Davies to chat about the Oscar-nominated film."
Adoption
Issues related to intercountry and interracial adoption
- Adoption of the Unrelated Child: Some Challenges to the Anthropological Study of KinshipWith the sudden and rapid increase in transnational adoption?people in Western
Europe and North America adopt children from countries in the south and the former Soviet empire, a new-found anthropological interest in adoption has been observed. This review places adoption firmly within the tradition of theoretical kinship and explores the values attached to a perceived relationship between biological and social relatedness in a number of different soila settings in which adoption is being practiced." - Constructing Identities and Issues of Race in Transnational Adoption: The Experiences of Adoptive Parents"Transnational adoption requires adoptive parents to negotiate complexities concerning difference and belonging within the family. Transnational adoption is mediated through societal and governmental prescriptions of suitability that include willingness and competency to raise children to maintain connections to their birth heritages... A qualitative study of thirty-five Australian adoptive parents explored reflection on adoption processes and how the complex task of performing suitability was negotiated"
- The Film Lion Provides Insights into Adoptive Relationships: What Saroo Brierley’s journey can tell us about adoption | Psychology Today; January 7, 2017"The film implies that Saroo forgot not only Hindu, but his childhood memories, which he slowly recovered as an adult. In the memoir, we learn that while he bonded immediately with his adoptive parents – feeling loved and safe even before he could communicate with them in language – he never forgot his Indian family."
- For adoptive and prospective adoptive parents | Intercountry Adoption Australia (.gov.au)Resources for adoptive and prospective adoptive parents.
- Intercountry Adoption: A Global Problem or a Global Solution?"Adoption involves the legal, permanent transfer of a child from the birth parent or parents to new caregivers. In intercountry adoption, this transfer occurs across an international border. The child usually moves to a new country, to parents of different race, culture and language from the birth family, and acquires a new nationality. The child's new identity replaces his or her original one. Adoption, therefore, it is appropriate to say involves losses as well as gains." (2001)
- Intercountry adoption of children from Asia in the twenty-first century"This article reviews the trends and developments in intercountry adoption from Asian countriesas an example of the transnational movement of children, with profiles of three key states, South Korea, China and Vietnam. The second half of the article looks at current issues in intercountry adoption in the light of discussions at the Hague Special Commission of June 2010, and the article concludes with a consideration of the future of intercountry adoption from Asia."
- Intercountry adoption | Australian Institute of Family Studies (.gov.au)Links to the Australian Institute of Family Studies library database if materials relevant to intercountry adoption.
- The realities of raising a kid of a different race | Time"As transracial adoption becomes more common, here’s what every parent should know...
Karen Valby is a writer who lives in Austin, Texas. She and her husband, who are white, have two adopted daughters, one Ethiopian and one African- American." - Transracial and Transcultural Adoption | Child Welfare Information Gateway USAA factsheet from the USA
Missing children in India
Missing children in India
- India’s missing children: The story WhatsApp forwards don’t tell you | The Hindu; August 11, 2018"Some 174 children go missing every day. Only about 50% of them are ever found again. But the story behind these statistics is complex..."
- ‘A child goes missing in India every eight minutes’ | Sunday Guardian; October 17, 2020"Every eight minutes, a child goes missing in India. According to the annual National Crime Record Bureau’s (NCRB) “Crime in India” 2019 report, a total of 73,138 children were reported missing last year. The report also states that the number of missing children has increased by 8.9% in 2019. In 2018, the number of missing children was 67,134. A total of 71,253 children were recovered."
How to write a journal article
How to write a journal article
- Electric Literature"Electric Literature is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2009. Our mission is to amplify the power of storytelling with digital innovation, and to ensure that literature remains a vibrant presence in popular culture by supporting writers, embracing new technologies, and building community to broaden the audience for literature."
- How to write a journal article | Author Services"What are the rules you should be following when writing a research journal article? Read some of the best advice for constructing your paper given by Taylor & Francis journal editors – follow these top tips to write a compelling journal article."
- How to Write a Journal Article | Capstone Editing"This article will pinpoint the features of a journal article that are normally found in the humanities and social sciences. It will also examine some planning and writing strategies that will enable you to produce an article that is publication-ready."
- Writing an article | Monash University"An article is potentially the most efficient means for disseminating your research and establishing a publication record; many areas of academic life such as finding employment and winning research grants depend on a good publication record. Online journals have increased the geographical spread for academic work, reinforcing the importance of articles in creating and furthering your research reputation. This tutorial has been designed to assist you in the process of writing the article."
Representations of family in Australia
Representations of family in Australia
- The modern family: Look how we've changed | Australian Institute of Family Studies; 2021"Australian families have changed significantly over the last thirty years but they remain the basic unit in society for caring for each other and raising children, according to data released by the Australian Institute of Family Studies today."
- Families then and now: 1980-2010 | Australian Institute of Family Studies; 2021"Since the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) began researching Australian families and society in 1980, Australian society has undergone enormous changes. This facts sheet, written in 2010 to mark AIFS’ 30th anniversary, looks back at the major changes over that period, including trends in household make-up, family types, marital status, birth rates, and parental employment and education. It is a fascinating snapshot of the changing nature of Australian family life over the turn of the millennium."
- Mum, dad and two kids no longer the norm in the changing Australian family | The Conversation; January 8, 2018;"The image of the typical family – mum, dad, and two kids – still permeates how we define and understand the family in contemporary Australia. This ideal saturates our screens and newsfeeds and was at the centre of the marriage equality debate, underscoring the pervasiveness of the nuclear family as the dominant family form in our consciousness.However, this conceptualisation masks the true nature of Australian families, which has changed significantly in recent decades. As sociologists and demographers have long known, the Australian family is as diverse and different as the country’s terrain."