Amrit Inamdar was born in a little village in India. He is now a permanent resident of U.S.A. since 1969. He started his career in 1948 with the late Maj. Gen. Sokhey, the first Indian director of Haffkine Institute. During his 35 years of career in various fields he came in contact with great and interesting personalities. He worked for a number of years with the late Dr. Simeons (author of Man's Presumptuous Brain) Rome, and collabo- rated with him in his other books.

His interest in spirituality was kindled in his early childhood as he came under the influence of a monk who happened to be his father's uncle. He is, for the most part, a self-educated person. He was drawn to the philosophy of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother and poetry of Rabindranath Tagore. The latter has now become his main theme of life: He has written a number of articles titled TAGORE DARSHAN for Bhavan, U.S.A.

In 1982 the International School of History of Biological Sciences, Naples invited him for a Seminar on the occasion of Darwin's centenary. Ludwig Wittgenstein Institute, Austria invited him for a lecture on Tagore and his poetry reading in 1984. Since then he is closely associated with the Institute and participates in conferences on Contemporary Philosophy and holds workshops on Tagore in Europe.

It was on a pleasant day in the Fall of 1975, that Amrit Inamdar first visited Nantucket. He happened to be at Woods Hole, one of the mainland terminals for the Steamship Authority's vessels. When he saw the white steamer at the wharf, asked its destination, learned it was headed for Nantucket, and decided to make an excursion to this Island far off at sea. He has been a regular visitor ever since. Many of the poems appearing here were written there.

In this slender volume of poetry, dedicated to "Clean, Clear Crisp Sound of Nantucket & Four Seasons of The Mother", the author presents verse which reflects the background of his life and experiences. Born in India, with the lore of the ancient philosophers around him as he matured, he worked as English Reporter for Assembly in many states of that nation. Later, he became associated with J. Krishnamurti, the philosopher for some sixteen years. For a number of years he worked at the New York University Medical Center in clinics for geriatric patients. He is now associated with an international organization working on human rights.

Amrit Inamdar's concern for the human spirit is clearly revealed in his poetry. His devotion to Nantucket is due as much to his comprehension of the Island's historic background as to his appreciation for the remarkable concern of the Quaker philosophy which for so many years marked the Nantucket spirit. He calls this collection "Scenes From a Landscape", and it is marked by the sincerity of his philosophy and his devotion to the highest ranges of the human concern and life, a premise which will become a necessity in understanding the world in which we all exist today.