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When I was five years old, I wandered onto an empty plane somewhere in India and fell asleep waiting for my mother.
When I woke up, I stepped off the train with no idea of how to get back.
I described a map of my hometown to the Australian parents who eventually adopted me, but it wasn't until 25 years later that I heard about a school that might help.
I began the search for the family I'd lost, undeterred by the reality of what I was trying to do: find a family of five in a country of more than a million.
Starting with the first thing I knew, I got off the train at Howrah Station, Kolkata.
I thought about how long I was on board and worked out my search radius.
I didn't speak Bengali, so Bangladesh was out.
I remembered looking up at the cars, so I wasn't from a city.
I remembered it being warm at night, which ruled out the colder regions.
From there, my only option was to follow the trucks that still remained.
Night after night, for three years.
Until the night I came across a station symbol, and a water tower, and an overpass and a ring road.
It was the station where I fell asleep 25 years earlier.
From 10,000 km away, I began to follow the path I worked daily as a child, until I finally found what I'd been looking for.
When I woke up, I stepped off the train with no idea of how to get back.
I described a map of my hometown to the Australian parents who eventually adopted me, but it wasn't until 25 years later that I heard about a school that might help.
I began the search for the family I'd lost, undeterred by the reality of what I was trying to do: find a family of five in a country of more than a million.
Starting with the first thing I knew, I got off the train at Howrah Station, Kolkata.
I thought about how long I was on board and worked out my search radius.
I didn't speak Bengali, so Bangladesh was out.
I remembered looking up at the cars, so I wasn't from a city.
I remembered it being warm at night, which ruled out the colder regions.
From there, my only option was to follow the trucks that still remained.
Night after night, for three years.
Until the night I came across a station symbol, and a water tower, and an overpass and a ring road.
It was the station where I fell asleep 25 years earlier.
From 10,000 km away, I began to follow the path I worked daily as a child, until I finally found what I'd been looking for.
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