THE LEGEND OF DAMOO DHOTRE
A child born in a poor family, not much interested in formal education, rose to become a world-famous animal trainer and even went on to serve in the US Army during World War. Sounds fascinating? Then, read on about a legend who was born 112 years ago on this very date (August 31) in Maharashtra… By Kartik Lokhande ‘Circus Villa’, an unusual name for a bungalow, attracts the attention of passersby in Lane No 9 of Subhash Nagar in Shukrawar Peth of Pune city. Though many people notice it, they tend to move ahead. But, if one has got a curious mind, one gets to know a fascinating story of an Indian boy born in a poor family making it to the biggest stage of circus in the world. Start digging further and one gets to know the legend of the greatest animal trainer from India – Damoo Dhotre. Born on August 31, 1902, in a poor family in Pune (Maharashtra), Damodar Gangaram Dhotre was a ‘fearless’ kid. “Since childhood, there was no word like fear in his dictionary. ...