A beautiful life..

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My favourite part of the day has always been the dusk/evening (5-7 p.m.) and everything associated with it. Working people coming home, those working late strolling out for a cup of tea from a road side stall; children playing around or the more stressed out ones, shuttling from one class to another; the elderly,up from their afternoon naps settling into balcony armchairs with their steaming cup of chai; cooks and homemakers organising family dinners..

I am usually doing one of the above depending on my schedule for the day. A and I usually go for our 3 km brisk walk, have a cup of tea in my balcony,before the mad evening rush to finish homework,organising next days' meals, evening dinner etc starts again.

Mad Men...Don Draper and co.

have been addicted to the award winning television series 'Mad Men'.. The lead, Don Draper with his mysterious past, silent,thoughtful, charismatic womaniser, the brilliant creative head of an advertising agency is particularly mesmerising. His wife Betty, is good housekeeping incarnate. The quintessential 1960s, perfect housewife,mother,hostess. More about the characters in the subsequent posts...

The series moves through the era when advertising was coming on its own and moves through various small and big changes that affected the world of advertising over the years. The advent of television, the changing social order in America in the John F. Kennedy era, the growing importance of America in the world of business,the focus shifting from the continent and so on...

I can't put my finger on what exactly I like about the series...... but I know I will be waiting for my copies of Season 5 DVDs, when it premeirs next year, along with many other Mad Men addicts around the world.