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Mtoto Aliyepotea Wa Miaka 5 Anapata Familia Miaka 25 Baadaye

Mwanamume aliyetumia Google Earth kutafuta familia yake iliyopotea kwa muda mrefu

Saroo Brierley alikuwa na umri wa miaka 5 pekee treni ilipomsogeza mamia ya maili kutoka nyumbani. Ilichukua miaka 25 na mapinduzi ya kiteknolojia kwake kurudi

Kwa kutumia Google Earth, Saroo Brierley alitambua mji wa India aliokulia, ingawa aliuacha bila kukusudia alipokuwa na umri wa miaka 5 pekee.

Akitumia Google Earth, Saroo Brierley alitambua mji wa India aliokulia, ingawa aliuacha bila kukusudia alipokuwa na umri wa miaka 5 pekee. Picha: CC NA: Johan Larsson

Mwanamume wa Kihindi aliyetenganishwa na familia yake kwa miaka 25 amekaidi uwezekano huo kwa kuwafuatilia - akitumia zaidi ya kumbukumbu isiyoeleweka ya utoto wake na usaidizi kutoka kwa teknolojia ya ramani ya Google Earth. Hivi ndivyo unapaswa kujua kuhusu safari ya muujiza ya mtu mmoja kwenda nyumbani:

Alitengwa vipi na familia yake?
Siku moja katika 1987, Saroo Brierley mwenye umri wa miaka 5 alitumia alasiri hiyo akiomba mabadiliko pamoja na kaka yake kwenye kituo cha gari-moshi. Wakati wa kurudi nyumbani ulipofika, wavulana walipanda kile walichofikiria kuwa treni sahihi. Walikosea. Wakiwa wamechoka, ndugu hao vijana walilala, na kuamka saa 10 baadaye upande ule mwingine wa India, mamia ya kilometa kutoka kwa familia yao.

Ni nini kilifanyika waliposhuka kwenye treni?
Maelezo ni "chache," anasema Kyle Wagner katika Gizmodo , "lakini maoni machache tunayopata sio ya furaha." Kwa mwezi mmoja, Brierley mchanga na kaka yake walijaribu kutafuta njia ya kurudi kwa wazazi wao. Wakati mmoja, mtoto wa miaka 5 alikaribia kuzama kwenye mto wa Ganges. Wakati mwingine, mgeni alijaribu kumteka nyara na kumuuza kama mtumwa mtoto. Ndugu yake alikufa. Hatimaye, Brierley alipatikana na mamlaka na kutangazwa kuwa mtoto aliyepotea. Aliwekwa katika kituo cha watoto yatima, ambapo alichukuliwa na wazazi wa Tasmania ambao walimpeleka nje ya nchi ili kuanza maisha mapya.

Alianzaje kuwatafuta wazazi wake?
Leo, Brierley anamiliki duka la vifaa vya viwandani huko Tasmania. Lakini hakuacha kuwafikiria wazazi wake waliowapoteza kwa muda mrefu. Katika miaka ya hivi majuzi, alianza kukumbuka kituo cha treni cha Khandwa ambapo safari yake ilianza. Na hapo ndipo alipoanza kutafuta.

Alifanya nini basi?
Brierley alitumia Google Earth na kumbukumbu za utotoni zilizogawanyika kuwinda katika miji iliyo karibu na kituo cha gari moshi. "Nilihifadhi kichwani mwangu picha za mji niliokulia, mitaa niliyokuwa nikitangatanga na sura za familia yangu," anaambia jarida la The Mercury la Tasmania . Brierley alitumia saa nyingi kwenye Google Earth akizunguka kutafuta vidokezo , akitafuta kitu chochote, chochote alichotambua. Hatimaye, alitambua mji wake wa kuzaliwa: Ganesh Talai.

Na alipata familia yake?
Hakika alifanya hivyo. Brierley alijiunga na kikundi cha Facebook cha Ganesh Talai, anasema Chris Roberts katika NBC Los Angeles , na akaanza kuunganisha vidokezo zaidi kutoka kwa barua pepe alizotuma kwa wanachama wa kikundi. Hivi karibuni, alikata tikiti ya ndege kwenda India, akizurura katika mitaa ya mji wake wa utotoni hadi alipoipata familia yake. "Hadi leo, bado siamini kuwa nilifanikiwa kuipata familia yangu, kwa kuzingatia idadi ya watu wa India na jinsi nilivyokuwa mdogo nilipowapoteza," aliambia The Mercury . Brierley sasa anapanga kutengeneza filamu kuhusu hadithi yake.

Familia yake ilikuwa ikifanya nini miaka yote hii?
Mamake anasema waliwatafuta wavulana hao bila kikomo, na kugundua kwamba mmoja alikuwa amefariki, bila maelezo yoyote kuhusiana na mahali alipo. Watabiri walimhakikishia kuwa siku moja mwanawe atarudi. "Na alifanya," anasema Roberts . "Kwa msaada kutoka kwa Silicon Valley."

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~liz May 26, 2012

A wonderful story and illustration of the benefits of technology. We truly are becoming  one human family. ~liz

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S Gardia Apr 14, 2012

There are few questions that I had after reading the article. 
1. The orphanages that find an easy way out by getting a child adopted, rather than work to get the child re-united with the parents.
2. The young man was missing his roots, so he worked hard to find where he came from. And once he found where he came from, met the people where he belonged, the quest was over. He returned back to his adopted place.
3. I think of both the parents, the adopted ones and the real ones. Both would be at loss. The young man needs to take a decision. The best would be to return to his biological parents. Return to his roots, that his what instinct wants him to. That is why he worked so hard in the first place to look for them. 
4. But India is no Australia. Life in Australia is more comfortable. Returning to India is like a start of life once again. 

More open wounds I would summarize. 

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Mimitaryn31 Mar 19, 2012

Heart warming story

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Sundisilver Mar 18, 2012

Says a lot about this boy (man) that he persevered.  Wonderful outcome!

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VivianePB Mar 17, 2012

Interesting story, but didn't the police and media get involved back in 1987 to retrace the missing boy?

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Jane Keilyoder Mar 17, 2012

What a heart-warming story of resillence and love!

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Noor a.f Mar 17, 2012
The family stories are one of the few things I concluded. It was that I had not seen my mother for many years. I remember days passed weeks passed months and years did the same till a decade came and did the same work. Some monsters were said to be mothers I tried to compare their unkind motions to that of my mother. I refused to accept women are damned humans and continued to unassociated with all types of women. I remember praising mothers and all close people knew.It is this recent that themother I had been dreaming to be with  had trusted a son of another woman than her own.That happened seconds and I felt very cold upon knowing the truth.I took two bottle of tusky which the doctor banned me. I could see my fingers becoming shaky and Diaspam 5. Where I wasn't supposed to tall to her I tried to be brave and convinced her she is right.How stupid she is to call my number  every month. I also got hard time to cool father whom she infected with pockets of worrisome lies.Don't love pe... [View Full Comment]
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wendy Mar 17, 2012

Really?