Raveesh Gupta

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2024

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“Gorblimey!” by Raveesh Gupta

Submitted to Contest #290

My first school was “Happy School”, a large majestic institution, where I did my kindergarten.My second school was “General Raj’s”, a kind of local school which operated out of three separate houses, renting a few rooms in each, besides its HQ being in General Raj’s own personal residence.These were both English medium schools, which loosely translated means that English was supposed to be their primary communication medium. However, despite having some very good teachers, there just wasn’t enough focus on the spoken English language, or lit...

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“The Weaver Bird and the Rite of Passage” by Raveesh Gupta

Submitted to Contest #282

Some mornings, when I am leaving for work, my wife, who has a somewhat deep focus on and a constructive interest in my moral betterment, besides packing a sandwich, also shows me videos, stories, photographs and stuff that she feels will be educative and inspirational…A couple of days ago, she happened to show me a video about Weaver Birds. Weaver Birds are found all over the world, but the specific trait I am going to tell you about, is exhibited by Males of the species en masse.The Video showed the right of passage that a Male Weaver Bird ...

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Author bio

Born in India, currently live in Singapore. Perpetually hungry for travel, learning and reading. Senior global tech leader by profession.