Category Archives: Old Blog

All the posts from the old Drumster’s Den – before the switch to wordpress

Evenings in Paradise

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Drumster

The joint was burning out at a blazing speed as he took suffocating long drags, the smoke from which burnt everything along the way – at least whatever was left. In one final exhale he let go of the smoke, … Continue reading →

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Traveling Through…

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Drumster

Hundreds of palm trees crowding out a small mud-house as if waiting for the perfect time to encroach. The house itself lies obliquely along a small hillock overlooking the rail tracks. It seems completely oblivious to the drone of the … Continue reading →

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Still There

Posted on September 12, 2008 by Drumster

Somewhere along those blessed roads, a lone traveler must be tearing through that calm blanket of darkness. Somewhere near the Ayers rock, life must have unraveled its great mystery. Someone must have ordered his last pint of beer at the … Continue reading →

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Made by Men, Touched by God

Posted on August 17, 2008 by Drumster

Mumbai airport. Terminal 2. Gate 7. I’m finally here. It all started off as a drunken babble. Or it must have been something similar. The fact is it all happened so long back that I’ll need another drink to delve … Continue reading →

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Stoned

Posted on July 6, 2008 by Drumster

That evening I sat and I wrote and I wrote and a million different ideas would pour into my head. Thoughts about why someone never thought of these ideas. They would be discoveries and inventions never attempted. They were ideas … Continue reading →

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Finagle

Posted on July 4, 2008 by Drumster

And that’s how you keep going on; through fever, illness, bad health; tired, battered and bruised but still trying to stand tall looking your best. And half the life passes away in this endeavor. But what’s left of you then? … Continue reading →

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On that Sweltering May Afternoon

Posted on May 14, 2008 by Drumster

On a sweltering May noon I stood there waiting for my bus to Pune. There passes by a man in his late sixties, old and haggard. He was carrying a satchel which was tattered at its ends as if waiting … Continue reading →

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Untitled

Posted on April 9, 2008 by Drumster

We sped through the fields of cables and electricity. Two souls standing on the bridge, watching the day live its dying moments. I stood at the edge of the speeding train watching the world go by as another week ended … Continue reading →

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Untitled

Posted on March 19, 2008 by Drumster

Isn’t it every man to himself in life? This question baffles me everytime when people start advising. Its like a movie that you see, but by some weird twist of fate, the world doesn’t want you to see it. Isn’t … Continue reading →

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Beauty

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Drumster

Who said life isn’t beautiful? Its as beautiful as a dying dream with the well conjured scenes and hopes left behind in its wake. Life is as tranquil as the flight of a feather detached from the body of that … Continue reading →

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