http://magicmuse.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Aman V. en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:50:34 GMT 2010-01-05T14:50:34Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977788219 Hello again, my friends, hello...I just called to let you know... :) (Mr. Diamond is never too far from my consciousness, I guess...but apologies for such a flippant beginning to an otherwise "weighty" . . . Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:59:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977788219 Aman V. 2009-08-26T06:59:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977772537 i spoke about this in one of my earlier posts  - "Two For Sorrow..." - about the eternal rewards sorrow brings. I'm living that truth now, and I'm glad to see I can practise what I preach! :) The . . . Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:02:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977772537 Aman V. 2009-08-13T18:02:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977756691   Misery likes company ... but Bliss begs to be shared. This is from an eternally blissful and the most intensely joyous period of my life. To me, it felt like a months-long meditation, the very . . . Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:43:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977756691 Aman V. 2009-07-30T17:43:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977753808 This is a tribute to my sister I wrote just hours before her wedding (circa Feb 2005), sitting on the  cold, hard  upper berth of a second-class compartment as the train to Bombay dragged . . . Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:53:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977753808 Aman V. 2009-07-28T17:53:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977728400 I wrote this a few years back for Poetry.com's annual poetry contest . An old wound had festered too long, an old agony needed to be released. This one just sort of wrote itself, whooshing out . . . Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:41:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977728400 Aman V. 2009-07-03T17:41:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977709905 This is dedicated to my Light, Jennita.     Love, Eternally. Amanito. Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:10:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977709905 Aman V. 2009-06-13T08:10:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977673130 Along with his "Fur Elise" , this is my most favourite piece of music, ever.  From the very first time I heard it as a callow five year old just awakening to the manifold joys and wonders . . . Mon, 04 May 2009 07:17:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977673130 Aman V. 2009-05-04T07:17:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977659324 For me , no other love song I've EVER heard has had such intensely romantic lyrics! I've always loved playing it, and Jenny, sweetheart , if the great George Benson hadn't beaten me to the . . . Sat, 18 Apr 2009 07:36:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977659324 Aman V. 2009-04-18T07:36:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977653662 Junoon. This is the band that transformed my inner world with their seminal album, "Azadi", all those years ago.  They revolutionised the music world with this album, at least in South . . . Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:43:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977653662 Aman V. 2009-04-12T09:43:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977638963 HEART - One of the greatest Classic Rock bands ever, playing one of their biggest hits, and what an electrifying performance this turned out to be! Their most stunning rendition of this song ever, in . . . Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:24:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977638963 Aman V. 2009-03-27T16:24:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977607342 This piece was born a few hours ago as a mad rush of musings on what Life has gifted through the many sorrows it has thrown at me. It is dedicated to a man with a spirit as towering and tough as his . . . Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:54:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977607342 Aman V. 2009-02-26T07:54:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977601916 My dear friends, There's a certain quality of being I have inherited from my Mother. I call it expansion. It essentially means expanding your vision to see the whole world as an extension of you, . . . Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:27:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977601916 Aman V. 2009-02-21T13:27:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977596139 ==================================== A Thousand Suns ===================================== It was one of those things that happens in a flash, and stays burned in your consciousness forever. Nothing . . . Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:12:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977596139 Aman V. 2009-02-16T08:12:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977594636 My darling, I know exactly how you feel there, all alone and aching without me, because I feel all that you do,too - so intense and profound, rich and ever so sweet!This isn't Barbara Streisand  . . . Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:24:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977594636 Aman V. 2009-02-14T18:24:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977578242 This isn't just a love-song - it's an aching cry, a loving caress, a passionate kiss for my beloved Jenny, the light of my life, the sweetest song of my soul!. I love you profoundly, my darling. . . . Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:16:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977578242 Aman V. 2009-01-29T07:16:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977570907 Dear Friends, This is stream-of-consciousness writing. I do this regularly, for this is the kind of writing that comes most naturally to me. This particular piece was written for my journal on . . . Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:36:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977570907 Aman V. 2009-01-22T02:36:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977570896 Dear Friends, This is stream-of-consciousness writing. I do this regularly, for this is the kind of writing that comes most naturally to me. This particular piece was written for my journal on a . . . Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:24:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977570896 Aman V. 2009-01-22T02:24:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977551223 Dear Friends, With this post, I'm starting a regular "column" called "The Beautiful Mind". While I'm not half as well-read as most of you here, I do have wide-ranging interests, . . . Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:29:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977551223 Aman V. 2009-01-02T18:29:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977526981 My beloved friends, I wrote this late night/early morning  of 28th November, the second day of the recent terror attacks in Bombay. As you can imagine, I was in no state to write, but I still . . . Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:13:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977526981 Aman V. 2008-12-05T18:13:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977522770 ======================================== Mr. TERRORIST    :     I'm still alive. What more can you do?   Mr. POLITICIAN   :     . . . Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:35:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977522770 Aman V. 2008-12-01T18:35:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977516844 My beloved friends of this magical mini-cosmos! This ... is... it. After one year of discarded ideas for Le Grande First Post and  many eleventh-hour stumbles and false starts, I finally . . . Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:09:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977516844 Aman V. 2008-11-25T02:09:53Z