Whims & Fancies
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The Box
In the seventh episode of Whims and Fancies, we present to you, The Box by Naval Ravikant, a surreal story that raises a profound concept of solipsism. This episode is in collaboration with The Story O'Clock Podcast.Naval Ravikant is a very popular
Wit Inspirations of the Two-year-olds
In the sixth episode of Whims and Fancies, we present to you, Wit inspirations of the two-year-olds by Mark Twain, a comical story about how language and the strictness of parenting change over time. Something that was incredibly offensive several hundred
My Financial Career
In the fifth episode, we present to you a humorous narrative "My Financial Career" by Stephen Leacock. He was the best-known English-speaking humorists in the world in the early 20th century. The story is one of the most notable works by Stephen Leacock a
An Excerpt from The Alchemist
In the fourth episode, we present to you an excerpt from The Alchemist. In this excerpt, Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy, embarks on a long path of working for a crystal merchant so as to make enough money to fulfill his personal legend and go to the
The Night Train At Deoli
In the third episode, we present to you, The Night Train at Deoli, by Ruskin Bond, a tale of adolescent infatuation presented with great sensitivity. Woven against the backdrop of Deoli, the story represents the essence of the author's romanticism by repr
The Tell-Tale Heart
In the second episode, we present to you a classic of the Gothic fiction genre and one of Edgar Allan Poe's best-known short stories, The Tell-Tale Heart. He is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributi
The Gift Of The Magi
In this first episode, we present to you a classic Christmas story by O Henry., The gift of the Magi. His favorite subject was the ordinary people in New York City. The story tells of a young husband and wife and how they deal with the challenge of buying
Trailer
Hello and welcome to Whims and Fancies.The hosts of this podcast are Nishant and Maithri.Nishant is an average university student with exactly 6 brain cells' worth of artistic faculties.And Maithri is an undergraduate bitten by a creative bug.Stories