Annie Kapur
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May 27, 1963: 'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan' Was Released
One of the most important albums ever recorded, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan was released on May 27, 1963—only three days after the bard's 22nd birthday. It is an important album, because of its amazing songwriting, and its incredible composition—oh, yes, and it is the album that made Bob Dylan famous.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Beat
'Mahabharata' (Pt. 3)
The very first book depicts the society of the Vedic period in India. Called the Adi Parva it depicts the caste system and how class and society works in the Middle Vedic Era. If we were to take this as how the text depicts a historical era, we look at the fact that it is the middle of the Vedic era and that these castes have been established since the beginning of both sides of the war, especially the Puranas. The beginning of the Vedic era starts with the establishment of the Kuru Kingdom and, by the height of its political power—it would be well established into the families mentioned within the text. Thus, it shows historical accuracy and can be placed within that particular time period.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Geeks
'Mahabharata' (Pt. 2)
Now we're going to look at the perspective of philosophy and how this suggests at the historical accuracy of the narrative. This is still working inside the text; we're looking and what happened, how do we know when it happened in terms of a time frame —and how historical sources support or oppose this. Philosophy is one of the ways in which we can gage a time frame. For example, we know that if a text was written in the ancient times and iterates Socratic philosophy that it was probably written in the times just after the death of Socrates when his philosophical views were at their most famous and important. We're going to do the same for the Mahabharata, we're going to place it in a philosophical time frame.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Geeks
Happy 78th Birthday to Bob Dylan!
Bob Dylan, the God of Folk and the Voice of a Generation was born on this day in the early 1940s. Now, I love Bob Dylan and this whole article is just going to be one long birthday message to my favourite singer and songwriter, my favourite guitar player, my favourite person, my favourite legend, and undoubtedly, my favourite musician, artist, and performer of all time.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Beat
A Review: 'Classic Rock Magazine's' 100 Greatest Albums of the 60s
I think it's fair to say that I should begin putting "an opinion piece" in my titles, since it has become apparent that there are people who don't understand what the word opinion means, or don't bother to read the introduction where I clearly state the point of this article.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Beat
'Mahabharata'
It stands at seven times the length of Homer's poetic epics of ancient Greece, it is over 1.8 million words long and even the abridged version is just under 1,000 pages. With 200,000 verses, it is the longest poem in all of existence and is more than twice as long as than the Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid and Divine Comedy put together.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Geeks
Books Published in the 1950s that You Should Definitely Read Before You Die
There are a ton of books you should definitely read, but in this article we're going to explore some books from the 1950s that you should definitely read. Yes, there are a number of great authors from this era, but we want to explore different books by different authors. This means you may or may not see your favourites on this list. I'll be going through my own personal favourites in some more detail; however most of this will just be a list. I have read all the books I put on the list (I never add anything I haven't read myself!) and if you'd like to talk to me more about these books then I'd love to—my social media handles are in my bio at the end of the article.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Geeks
A Review: 'Classic Rock Magazine's' 100 Greatest Rock Albums
Classic Rock Magazine normally hits the nail right on the head, especially when it comes to choosing their favourite Beatles albums. In the past, I've found Classic Rock Magazine to be a good source for either new information concerning up and coming bands, or great articles on some older bands I listen to.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Beat
'The Iliad' by Homer (Pt. 4)
The way in which the ancient Greeks of classical Greece thought about the Iliad was not how we do today. In the 21st century, we understand that there are things far too impossible about the Iliad to believe and can distinguish between what seems to be realistic and what is a fabrication for entertainment purposes. But, in classical Greece, they tended to think of this text entirely as a history. This book was a form of historical documentation and, in this day and age that we live in, we must agree with them to some percentage. Believe it or not, there's evidence that this war happened. What we're going to look at now is the evidence for the Trojan War taking place in the time and place it did—uncovering the reality of it and debunking the myths. As we have seen in the various texts we have looked at that are based in The Iliad's story, we can see that there was treatment of the Iliad as some sort of fact. Especially in The Aeneid in which the fall of Troy is part of the imagined genealogy of the Romans from Aeneas to Augustus. The fact that the Aeneid is meant to act as a genealogy and a history of the discovery and first generations of Rome means that this culture must have treated The Iliad as its own history as well as the rest of the epic cycle as The Aeneid includes the book that to our day, is now missing; it is called Iliou Persis.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Geeks
The Great Things About Having No Friends and Being Single
Everyone seems to be getting people down when they say they have no social life, or they’re single, and I wanted to make this article, especially for my fellow females about why being single and having no friends in real life is the best thing ever. It’s not something to be ashamed of, and it’s definitely not something to poke fun at others for. There are many pros to having absolutely no friends whatsoever, and no other half. This article will be split into two parts: five reasons why having no friends is great, and five reasons why being single is great. So don’t always beat people up for it, they’re doing it for much different reasons you are.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Humans
In My Opinion: The Best American Actors
I've already done an article on the Best British Actors of today, and you can read it here. I have a pretty good idea of who I want to put on the list of Americans now as well. I've always known that I wanted to do a list of the best actors from America, and, obviously, I would do Britain and America separately, because of the fact that the acting scenes are so different in each place. For example: British actors are more likely to train in theatre, not film—and American actors are less likely to be from an acting background.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Geeks
