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Don Bosco Deeply Human Deeply Holy , Peter Brocardo, translated by Abraham Kadaplackel, Don Bosco Publications, Madras, Pp. 172. I have read quite some books on Don Bosco but this one appealed to me in a unique way. The book deals with the personality of Don Bosco viewed under specific headings. Reading this book has helped me arrive at a better understanding of Don Bosco, the man and the saint. The author introduces Don Bosco as a saint. Firstly, he was a saint of his times and represented what is known as “the Turin School of Sanctity”. Secondly, he is viewed as a saint for all times. Thirdly, Don Bosco was an active saint, meaning that, it is through work that Don Bosco found his way to God. In him we see a splendid blending of work and prayer, which Fr Egidio Vigano refers to as “grace of unity”. The book is divided into two parts. The first part deals with the ‘characteristics’ of Don Bosco while the second part deals with his ‘essential traits’. Each part consists o...

Director: Krish Cast: Akshay Kumar, Shruti Haasan Duration: 131 minutes Do you believe that corruption exists within the Indian Government and administration? Are you fed up of hearing about it? Gabbar is. And that is why he is all out to weed out corrupt officials and destroy corruption. Gabbar is Back is set in contemporary India and proclaims a strong anti-corruption manifesto. The lead character is Aditya (Akshay Kumar) a.k.a. Gabbar, who is an out-of-place university physics professor. His radicalism is not limited to his anti-corruption activity but extends to his teaching as well. To aid him in his anti-corruption agenda, he recruited several like-minded and committed youngsters. He claims to have the name of a villain and the deeds of a hero. Disillusioned with the judiciary, he takes the law into his own hands and metes out punishment to corrupt officials. He murders the most corrupt officials in various sectors by publicly hanging them along with a list of the...