THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Cheer

"The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up."

- Mark Twain

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Sabu Dastagir

Britain's first above-the-title film star of Indian origin - indeed, for many years India's only truly international star - Sabu's own life story was as unlikely and fantastic as that of many of the characters he played. Despite his lack of acting experience and a less than perfect command of English, it's easy to see from his opening straight-to-camera narration alone just why the veteran documentarist Robert Flaherty was literally charmed into casting him as Toomai, the title role of Elephant Boy (1937).

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