Annie Kapur
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English Lecturer
🎓Literature & Writing (B.A)
🎓Film & Writing (M.A)
🎓Secondary English Education (PgDipEd) (QTS)
đź“ŤBirmingham, UK
Stories (1964/0)
A Review: 'Dark' Season 1
Here's a bit of background. I had been putting off watching Dark for ages, because I didn't want to get tied down to another TV Show whilst Game of Thrones was still on (I love Game of Thrones). And even before GoT Season eight, I was putting off watching Dark, because it wasn't really that high of a match on Netflix. If you know me, you'll know that I'm all for watching foreign TV shows, because it's really interesting to see the storytelling involved. Now that I've watched Season one, I kind of regret putting it off for so long, because damn this show is addictive.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Top 5 Films About JFK
Now, everyone knows how much I love reading and watching things about the Kennedy brothers. This isn't just the conspiracy stuff, but also things about their life and their legacies, and what they achieved. On May 29, 1917—JFK, possibly the most famous Kennedy, was born.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
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 Kapur5 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 Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Happy Birthday to Helena Bonham Carter!
On May 26, 1966, the lovely Helena Bonham Carter was born in Islington, London. She became famous during her performance of the title character of Lady Jane in the film of the same name. Her out-of-the-box acting style changed her typecast as the quintessential English girl to being cast as edgier, and more complex characters. Her outspoken and royalty-inspired fashion sense is another thing that made her iconic—with her outfits always turning heads whether on the street, or on the red carpet.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Happy 43rd Birthday to Cillian Murphy!
Born on the 25th of May, 1976, Cillian Murphy grew up in the far southern regions of the Republic of Ireland. He became my childhood hero when I was 9 years old because of his great performances in Batman Begins and Red Eye. When I was a child and a teenager, I always wanted to be just like him because of how articulate he is about what he does. He doesn't do gossip or talk about trivial things; but ask him about his job and he seems to know exactly what he's doing and where's he's at. He taught me so much about art and expression through drama and his acting is impeccable. Fun Fact: I actually met him a few years ago and I now cherish a picture I got with him. I can assure you that seeing him in real life is just as awe-inspiring, maybe even twice so, as seeing him on screen or stage.
By Annie Kapur5 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 Kapur5 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 Kapur5 years ago in Beat
10 Popular Songs that Everyone Likes, But I Don't
First of all, I apologise immediately so don't go and write a huge article about how much you hate me. Unfollow me on social media if you don't like my views, like a normal person. But, again, this in no way states how I feel about the particular artist (unless it's U2, then it does)—I'm only stating how I feel about the songs themselves. It's going to be a top ten list with possible mentions of more in between.
By Annie Kapur5 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 Kapur5 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 Kapur5 years ago in Geeks