‘The term unheimlich was first used by German psychiatrist Ernst Jentsch in his essay ‘On the Psychology of the Uncanny’. ‘Unheimlich’, which literally means ‘un-homely’, is the German word for uncanny. Unheimlich suggests that the uncanny builds its nest in the most normal circumstances, such as the home, and at some point, something that feels recognisable becomes completely alien.’ The mundane extraordinary in Satyajit Ray’s short stories.