New Delhi, April 25 -- In My Autobiography, Charlie Chaplin once stood against those who tend to romanticise poverty while drawing reference from his life. Speaking on his behalf, he maintained that he is a unique individual shaped by several experiences in his life, including his family, childhood, dreams, desires, and more.

Quote of the day by Charlie Chaplin, "I am what I am: an individual, unique and different, with a lineal history of ancestral promptings and urgings; a history of dreams, desires, and of special experiences, all of which I am the sum total."

Charlie Chaplin didn't agree with W. Somerset Maugham's idea that poverty can be romanticised or longed for. He simply rejected the notion that people who have lived through po...