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  I am fascinated by short stories. O. Henry, Saki, Katherine Mansfield are some of my favorite short story writers.   Why you should start reading short stories? It gives a flavour of the genre and the writing style of the author. Because it is short, you can easily gather up the determination to complete the read. And it being short also helps to not invest much time on one author and can move seamlessly from one read to another.   Short stories also help to get back the habit of reading. If you’re someone who have lost the daily reading habit, such small bites of stories are enough to catch your attention and aid you to get back on track.   I have listed down 5 short stories that are great reads and will certainly add a rainbow to your day: The Open Window by Saki The Romance Of a Busy Broker by O. Henry The Daughters of the Late Colonel by Katherine Mansfield Crossing into Poland by Issac Babel The Monkey’s Paw by W W Jacob   Here I...

This time indulge yourself in all those feelings that you failed to express just because you couldn’t find a suitable word that could describe the feeling wholly. Let’s indulge! Have you ever felt a fervent desire for your homeland? Or an ardent longing for a home you can’t return to or one that was never yours but you still feel that longing for it? Well that’s best expressed by a Welsh word ‘ Hiraeth ’ (pronounced [hiraɪ̯θ] ). It’s not just the feeling that we explain through the word nostalgia, but much more intense than that. Up next is one of my favorite word and that’s ‘ Gezellig ’. It’s a Danish word pronounced as heh-SELL-ick. This word encompasses the heart of the Dutch culture as Dutch tend to love all things gezellig. Its meaning include everything from cozy to companionable, welcoming to comfortable, amicable to gregarious and cheerful to satisfying. It denotes the meaningful and delightful time spend with ones loved ones and family members or friends. So let me pai...