Che cosa pensi?

L'altro giorno ho incontrato Babul, un ragazzo del Bangladesh. Questo incontro non era previsto. Mentre stavo facendo una passegiata dopo cena, lui si é avvicenato a me e mi ha chiesto se volevo comprare un fiore. Quando gli ho resposto che non volevo comprare, il suo viso é diventato triste. Ho potuto vedere che lui ha cominciato quasi a piangere. Ho voluto combiare il soggetto cosi gli ho detto, 'tu sei molto fortunato a vivere a Roma. Devi guadagnare molti soldi.'
Immediatemente lui mi ha detto che oggi aveva venduto solo un fiore, cosi che lui aveva solo un euro un tasca. Poi lui me ha raccontato la sua storia che é una storia triste. Magari scriveró un altro giorno...

Che cosa pensi?

Posso contare le ore che sono rimaste prima di cominciare la teologia. Sembra che il tempo sia arrivato un po’ presto. Quando sono entrato nella compagnia di Gesù, ho pensato che la tappa della teologia era molto lontana. Purtroppo il tempo è passato rapidamente. Ci sono volute dieci anni per arrivare a questa tappa.

my life, my thoughts...

‘Silence’ I love you most


I am just back from my annual retreat. It was a marvelous one. The location was very fitting for retreat…top of the mountain, far away from the noise of the city life. Living in the centre of Rome for the last three months, I was missing trees, flowers, birds…NATURE. This retreat gave me an opportunity to be in the midst of all.

che cosa pensi?

Mente sana in corpo sano


One of the first proverbs I learnt in Italian is ‘mente sana in corpo sano’, which in English translation would be ‘sound mind sound body’ and in my mother tongue would be ‘মন ভালতো সব ভালো’. I find this proverb very much in tune with my life. Often I have experienced that whenever I was ‘low or down’ it affected my other activities. Like the other day I was a bit tensed with regard to my admission. Though I knew that I was not to be blamed for anything but still I was down. I could not concentrate on my studies. It affected the different areas of my life. My friends who relate to me closely noticed it immediately. Though I pretended to be normal with them, but they felt that there was something wrong with me.

Life in Italy

Just two months over, since I started to learn Italian. I had language course for two months. Now waiting to begin my theological studies in Italian. Bah...two months course and study in Italian!!! Sounds a bit crazy! Here is my first write-up in Italian. Lots of mistake...here I go!

Che cosa pensi?

One of the first sentences in Italian I learnt is, che cosa pensi? If I translate it in English it would mean, what do you think? I love it! It gives me a lot of meaning. Often i reflect over the small incidents, little encounters I have had with people. Every incident leaves some marks? Gives me meaning, pause for thought.

These days, whenever my friends want to buy something they call me. why? Am I expert? No...its becuase most of the shopowners, of course in footpath are from Bangladesh. When I want to buy anything they give me in less price? Why? I know the answer...but what do you think? Che cosa pensi?

Journeying with St Ignatius

Day 9: They show us the path!

Sometimes I wonder! I think! I reflect!


I wonder…Why did Bishop Linus Gomes SJ, after his retirement from the diocese volunteer to work in Bangladesh along with other Jesuits? What inspires him to make himself available for the service of the Church, when he could have easily spent his days in a retirement house in Calcutta or elsewhere in India?