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'My Journey On A Thorny Way-The Lord Upholding' is an autobiography by Reverend Godwin Shiri, an octogenarian widely respected within his community, in particular and society in general. These days, there is no scarcity of autobiographies in all possible fields, but most of them end up in self-glorification with an endless list of Herculean feats to boast of. Thanks to the ghostwriters who have replaced machines when it comes to churning out stories to meet customer requirements, there is no dearth of them making their way into publications. A testament to life: Perhaps 'My Journey On A Thorny Way-The Lord Upholding' proves quite different from the run-of-the-mill type due to the honest depiction and sincere introspection of the pastor-turned-author. The language is just simple, straight and to the point. Despite the uphill task of working in an unfriendly atmosphere and challenging conditions, the writer remains patient, cool and unperturbed, forget naming the villains...

Vijay P Moogi is a Belagavi-based consulting Engineer with a penchant for designing churches, clergy houses, convents, schools, colleges, presbyteries, chapels and hostel buildings since the early eighties. A son of the late District Health Surgeon, he has been designing them in Belagavi and neighbourhood towns and states including Goa. Like many of you, me too was wondering whether he is a Christian going by the innumerable church-related works he has been handling all along and proved myself wrong. A fatherly personality: He has nothing to do with Christianity. If so, how come he has almost turned out to be a fatherly figure to the missionary community? Strange it may appear and that too in the given circumstances and on goings wherein people of the same faith are finding faults with one another. Honesty, Integrity and Commitment were the only characteristics which can be termed as solely responsible for the skyrocketing of his career graph to unimaginable heights. Alumnus of BVB Col...