Life explained, sipping tea

Life explained, sipping tea at a roadside chai (tea) stall. 

Piping hot tea... served in glasses, and in different stages of consumption.... 

illustrative of life at various stages.

It's that time of the year.....!

It's that time of the year..... better known as the time of Oscar Fever, which needs no explanation for the film-buffs and fil-junkies of the world.
Am lucky to have watched 22 films from 2017 (some of them I watched last year, and some just this year) which have been graced with the Oscar nod in and/or for one or more categories: 

'The Post' 

'Dunkirk' 

'Darkest Hour' 

'Blade Runner 2049' 

'Phantom Thread' 

'The Shape of Water'

'Baby Driver'

'Logan' 

'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' 

'Beauty and the Beast' 

'Coco' 

'Ferdinand' 

'The Boss Baby' 

'War for the Planet of the Apes' 

'Kong: Skull Island' 

'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' 

'The Greatest Showman' 

'The Big Sick' 

'Victoria and Abdul' 

'Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri'
'Lady Bird' 

'Call Me by Your Name'