2/22/2023 0 Comments Sheru meaning lion in hindiA place, scent, smell, emotion and childhood memories are often intertwined. He felt the jalebi platter is somehow connected to his past. The emotional response to the sensation after seeing the platter brought back vague memories that he thought were lost forever. And a flood of past memories came rushing back and those recollections made him remember how he got lost in India. The sight, smell of this popular Indian dessert shook Saroo to the core. It is believed to be a recurrent dream of many lost children. The vague memories only persisted in his dreams. Until a grown-up Saroo (played by Dev Patel) saw a platter of jalebi at an Indian friend’s house party years later, he was not obsessed about finding his ancestral roots. It tells a riveting story of how a hopelessly lost 5-year-old Saroo ends up from the slums of Khandwa, a city in central India to an idyllic coastal town of Tasmania in Australia to be adopted by Sue and John Brierley. Afterwards I found the 2016 movie Lion from my CD collection and watched it in bits and pieces. Last night before dinner as I was deep-frying a batch of my favorite jalebi for dessert, Saroo Brierley’s face came to mind. Share on WhatsApp Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Telegram Share on Reddit Share on Email
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